Solana co-founder Anatoly “Toly” Yakovenko has called out Solana (SOL) Validators who can be punished for delaying slots, stealing rewards and slowing down networks.
Yakovenko sought punishment after using sophisticated delay tactics to increase additional fees and high value transactions.
The intentionally delayed slot times were very annoying, and one validator created a dashboard to explain the problem. Since August 5th – Solana Epoch 829 – Average slot time has increased by 2.5%.
“It’s not block time, it’s the Sol price that goes up,” someone complained.
One observer asked whether latency could cascade “2.0” repetition performance of intentional leader reward boost (ILRB).
ILRB is a timing tactic used by validators who want to intentionally delay block production. Extending slot time beyond Solana’s intended 400ms will cause intentional delays, allowing you to unfairly pack more transactions into the block, earning higher fees and rewards.
ILRB allows strong leaders to acquire more computational units during verification at the expense of subsequent enablers receiving less valuable transactions.
ILRB validators who are indifferent about network efficiency will acquire extra MEV opportunities, liquidation, or time-dependent transactions, like NFT mint.
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Many people are tagging Solana developers to work on solutions to their problems.
Soon, Jacovenko rang out.
He agreed that there was a problem and recommended “drove these blocks by default” as a punishment for the powerful baritter.
He also repeatedly called for financial punishments for those who are effective in malfunctions, retweeted in sought “nuclear from orbit” from the network and calling for action for financial punishment.
