{"id":17158,"date":"2024-09-20T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/early-version-of-firedancer-client-goes-live-on-solana-mainnet\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T18:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:55:08","slug":"early-version-of-firedancer-client-goes-live-on-solana-mainnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/early-version-of-firedancer-client-goes-live-on-solana-mainnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Version of Firedancer Client Goes Live on Solana Mainnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jump Crypto, the development company, has announced the launch of an early version of the Firedancer client for validators, named Frankendancer, on the Solana mainnet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Bowers announces that Frankendancer is now live on Solana mainnet \u2014 and the full <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jump_firedancer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jump_firedancer<\/a> client is on testnet ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/piZUEuVYnE\">pic.twitter.com\/piZUEuVYnE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Solana (@solana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solana\/status\/1837035324587028567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The basic Firedancer client has also been activated on the testnet, according to Kevin Bowers, Chief Scientist at Jump Crypto.<\/p>\n<p>Frankendancer is a hybrid of Firedancer technology and Agave validator code. This dual configuration allows for immediate network changes before the main version is released.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the client, written in C, adds an additional layer of security by diversifying Solana&#8217;s validator codebase, unlike the original Rust-based software.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cA second independent validator has advantages beyond performance, but performance is a prerequisite for reducing costs and increasing throughput,\u201d Bowers added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire expressed optimism following the deployment of Firedancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an incredible milestone for our industry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kbog2HKtUC\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kbog2HKtUC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Allaire \u2014 jda.eth \/ jdallaire.sol (@jerallaire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jerallaire\/status\/1837051801381786098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis is an incredible milestone for our industry,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Firedancer aims to enhance Solana&#8217;s resilience and address the issue of periodic outages.<\/p>\n<p>Back in July, the network team <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/solana-allocates-1-million-for-bug-bounty-in-firedancer-client\">allocated<\/a> $1 million for bug hunting in the client.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jump Crypto, the development company, has announced the launch of an early version of the Firedancer client for validators, named Frankendancer, on the Solana mainnet. BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Bowers announces that Frankendancer is now live on Solana mainnet \u2014 and the full @jump_firedancer client is on testnet ?? pic.twitter.com\/piZUEuVYnE \u2014 Solana (@solana) September 20, 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1159],"class_list":["post-17158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-solana-sol"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"52","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}