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Tim Garcia
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Tim Garcia
Solana Foundation
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Validator Relations Lead @SolanaFndn | eed9177ad408addd313bb9903f7d1f79baa9a78ce4cc5b222c0978b1c339e481
Oakland, CA
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Aug 25, 2025
    Validator operators! Make sure to verify stake weights before the start of epoch 840. Delegators, make sure you check in with your validator about SIMD-0326: Alpenglow.
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    Solana Status
    Solana
    @SolanaStatus
    Aug 25, 2025
    The current mainnet-beta epoch is 839, which is the stake weight capture and verification period of the governance process for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow.
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    May 19, 2022
    Interested in running a @solana validator? Or maybe an RPC server? 🧵
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Sep 20, 2024
    Congratulations to the @jump_firedancer team on their huge milestone! Firedancer v0 is ready for @solana mainnet-beta 🔥💃 I spoke with Michael from the Firedancer team about the Firedancer v0 architecture. Check it out 👇
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Jun 20, 2025
    It’s a great time to be a Solana validator operator
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    Solana
    @solana
    Jun 20, 2025
    Solana’s economy is booming. - $1B+ in app revenue for two straight quarters - 3,200+ monthly active developers - ~$800M in quarterly validator REV The latest Network Health Report has all the details 🧵
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Jun 13, 2025
    If you missed @DiscoKobi and @qkniep , part of the research team @anza_xyz, answering questions about alpenglow, check the video below 🧵
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Feb 14, 2025
    If you missed the @SolanaFndn Validator call today, then you missed a great discussion on SIMD 123 - Block Rev Distribution, SIMD 218 - Intermediate Vote Credits, and SIMD 228 - Market Based Emission Mechanism. The governance process begins soon Catch up below 👇
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Jun 13, 2025
    Operators upgrade to agave or jito version 2.2.16 or to frankendancer version 0.505.20216 asap 🚨 See mb-announcements in discord for more details
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    May 2, 2025
    On April 16, 2025 a security vulnerability was reported to the @anza_xyz Github Security Advisory. The incident required patching the @solana validator software before the code could be released publicly. There is no known exploit of the issue. Funds are safe. Details below 👇
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Mar 8, 2025
    The voting on SIMD-0123: Block Revenue Distribution and SIMD-0228: Market-Based Emission Mechanism has begun. Vote trackers in the 🧵
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    May 15, 2025
    Validators! Don't make me track you down at @SolanaConf. Upgrade now to Agave 2.2.14 or Firedancer 0.503.20214 before the weekend. We're at 53% upgraded. I'd love to roll into the weekend at 70%
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Dec 18, 2024
    Solana community!! Your input is needed on slashing! Now is the time to give feedback and help direct the protocol. Here is the background and how you can help 🧵
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Apr 12, 2024
    I'm seeing a lot of confusion around stake weighted QoS, so here is my attempt to clarify things. First of all,what is QoS? It stands for quality of service. It's a networking concept that essentially gives certain packets or connections more reliable performance on the network.
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Mar 29, 2024
    The #Solana validators will begin a signaling vote on SIMD 33 - github.com/solana-foundat… at the start of epoch 596. The vote and the process to get here represents a huge effort from the validator community as well as core contributors 🧵
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    solana-improvement-documents/proposals/0033-timely-vote-credits.md at main · solana-foundation/so...
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    Tim Garcia
    Solana Foundation
    @TimGarcia0
    Jun 25, 2025
    On June 10, 2025 a potential security vulnerability was reported to the @anza_xyz Github Security Advisory by @suneal_eth, a security researcher from @zksecurityXYZ. The issue has been mitigated on all Solana clusters and all funds are safe. More details below 👇
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