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Solana developer Brennan Watt drafts single authoritative protocol specification

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Solana developer and Anza CEO Brennan Watt has proposed a draft specification intended to establish a single authoritative protocol reference that uniformly defines how the Solana blockchain processes transactions, validates blocks, and reaches consensus; the proposal remains a draft and has not been adopted. Published on October 30, the draft is meant to address potential rule disagreements and network reliability risks as independent validator software such as Firedancer joins the ecosystem. It does not cover subsequent upgrades or long-term compatibility.

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Solana developers propose unified protocol specification to reduce validator software inconsistency risk
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  1. 1Unclassified fact stationNov 6, 06:08single sourcereport-time onlyrevised

    Solana 开发者提议建立单一权威协议规范

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    Subject：
    Solana developers (Brennan Watt, Anza)
    Action：
    提议建立单一权威协议规范，定义区块链交易处理、区块验证和共识规则
    Object：
    Solana 网络及验证者软件（如 Agave、Firedancer）
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    Nov 6, 06:00
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    Nov 6, 06:08
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    Solana developers propose unified protocol specification to reduce validator software inconsistency risk

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    Solana developers, led by Anza CEO Brennan Watt, have proposed a draft specification to create a single authoritative reference for Solana's transaction processing, block validation, and consensus rules. Published on October 30, the proposal aims to address reliability risks as independent validator clients such as Firedancer join the network. The draft is not yet adopted and does not cover future upgrades or long-term compatibility.

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