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For today’s edition, I dove into Solana’s technical inner workings, which turned my brain into a ball of magma for a few hours. 

If you need me for the rest of the day, I’ll probably be lying on a couch somewhere, contemplating the meaning of existence. Anyways:

How v1.18.15 could make Solana more efficient

Solana’s block-creating software just experienced a pretty consequential update, but there’s no way to tell how many validators are actually using it. 

Over the past week, Solana validators have been upgrading…

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