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Oct 24, 2025 1 min read Media Quotes

Do We Need to Be Worried About Solana’s Declining Validator Count?

Max Kaplan

by Max Kaplan

Do We Need to Be Worried About Solana’s Declining Validator Count?
Do We Need to Be Worried About Solana’s Declining Validator Count?
Solana’s validator count is down 33% YTD, and a fix isn’t coming anytime soon.
Finn Miller

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Max Kaplan
CTO at SOL Strategies (Nasdaq: STKE | CSE: HODL), founder of Orangefin Ventures (acquired by SOL Strategies), one of the first engineers hired at Kraken.
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