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The Solana validator world is an interesting tangled web right now. 

For starters, tips and fees on Solana transactions have declined along with the price of SOL from pretty stellar levels over the summer. As we covered last week, smaller validators are particularly hard-hit by this, especially since the Solana Foundation lowered its commission caps for validators receiving stake from its delegation program. 

For those smaller validators, and all Solana validators in general, the entire ballgame is drawing more delegated stake….

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