Devnet infrastructure running Agave v3.1 will be forked on 2026-04-09, requiring an update to Agave 4.0.0-beta.6.

Activated SIMD-0302 (BN254 G2 curve ops) at epoch 939 and SIMD-0388 (BLS12-381 elliptic curve syscalls) at epoch 940 on testnet. Both require Agave v4.0 or FD v0.902.40002.

Has bw_solana leading the organization.

SIMD-0312 launched on testnet and devnet at epoch 935, adding a new system program instruction to create accounts with lamports, requiring Agave v4.0, FD v0.901.40002 for testnet, and FD v0.902.40002 for devnet.

SIMD-0185 introducing Vote Account V4 went live on mainnet-beta at epoch 949, requiring minimum versions Agave v3.1.0 and FD v0.812.30108.

Activated SIMD-0332 on Solana mainnet-beta at epoch 946, reducing ChaCha rounds in Turbine weighted shuffle from 20 to 8, requiring Agave v3.1.0 or FD v0.812.30108 minimum.

SIMD-0444, which relaxes the program data account check during runtime-level program migrations, went live on devnet at epoch 1043 and requires at least Agave v3.1.7 and FD v0.811.30108.

Activated SIMD-0359 on mainnet-beta at epoch 940, enforcing strict input lengths for the Poseidon syscall and requiring validators to run at least Agave v3.1.0 or FD v0.806.30102.

Working on reducing slot times to 200ms through IBRL implementation to address ordering issues on Solana.

SIMD-0317, which enforces only 32 data + 32 coding shreds, went live on mainnet-beta at epoch 935 and requires at least Agave v3.1.0 and FD v0.806.30102.

Released Agave v3.1.13 as the recommended validator client for Mainnet-beta, advising upgrade with low stake delinquency and active monitoring, alongside FD v0.814.30108.

Activated SIMD-0083 on mainnet-beta at epoch 953, removing transaction conflict constraints and increasing mainnet capacity by approximately 13%.

Resumed mainnet-beta feature gate activations at epoch 933 on 2026-02-27 12:10 UTC, activating SIMD-0339 and increasing the CPI account info limit from 64 to 255, requiring Agave v3.1.0 and Frankendancer v0.806.30102 minimum.

Featured in talks at the Solana Money Summit alongside other ecosystem projects and partners.

Completed testing of multicast technology with Jito Labs and Temporal, showing substantial benefits for blockchain performance.

Community CTF event goes live at SolanaConf, co-hosted by Anza alongside OtterSec, Asymmetric Research, Jump/Firedancer, and Raiku in the Dev Cave.

At Breakpoint 2025, Anza reports Solana processed 200B transactions over 2 years, more than all other chains combined, while maintaining sustained uptime.

Anza and Firedancer teams announce joint presentation at upcoming Breakpoint conference to share updates on new Solana capabilities developed over the past year.

Anza commits to join Solana Mobile as a Guardian to shape standards for device verification and dApp review in the mobile ecosystem.

Mistaken Cardano swap transaction briefly pumps ANZA to $1.26 before collapse, highlighting shallow liquidity in ANZA pools.

SIMD-0385 proposal introduces a new transaction format for the protocol.

A public security concern is raised about the setAuthority feature for SPL Token accounts, with claims that it introduces multiple security edge cases and has no practical benefits, with a recommendation that developers disable this functionality.

Marinade Finance launches Instant Unstake feature built with anza_xyz, enabling instant native staking exits on Solana without wrapping or waiting periods.

Launched Jetstreamer, streaming Solana's full ledger at over 2.7M TPS for developer access, and contributed to RPC 2.0, a Solana read layer delivering faster, cheaper, and more expressive functionality.

Network reaches record 100K TPS during largest stress test yet (a massive liquidation event) while staying fully stable, as Agave validator client processes 6x peak traffic and full 60M CU blocks without degradation.

Max Resnick from Anza raises securities regulation concerns about Base's centralized sequencer design in public debate, with Paradigm's Dan Robinson cautioning against invoking regulators to target competitors and warning of potential backfire on the broader crypto ecosystem.

Jetstreamer tool achieves record-breaking 1.5M TPS performance, surpassing previous 1.27M TPS record, with plans to open-source the tool this fall for community use.

Community governance process begins for Alpenglow consensus upgrade, with two-week discussion period followed by stake verification and voting across epochs 833-842.

Validator software updates to v2.3.4 with Binance securing #2 position by stake size.

Validator stake distribution reaches new highs with 90.7% on Agave 2.2 and 8.8% on Firedancer implementation.

Presenting AutoFi revenue model and blockspace monetization strategies at Permissionless IV conference on June 25, 2:10pm EDT.

Validator upgrade achieves 80% stake adoption for v2.2.15, with 6% additional stake on alternative implementation.

Reduces block finality from 12.8s to 150ms with Alpenglow consensus mechanism, using Rotor and Voter components.

Proposed Alpenglow, a proof-of-stake protocol for the Solana ecosystem with Votor and Rotor systems, with Prof. Roger Wattenhofer.

Released Constellations, a multi-proposer protocol for Solana with 50ms block cycles, sub-second finality, and Proof of History removal. Develops Multi-Concurrent Leader (MCL) designs to replace single-leader architecture, addressing censorship and MEV issues. Proposed MEV Capture Protocol (MCP) affecting validators and perpetuals trading, generating community division.

New technical update enables custom MEV schedulers without core code modification, enhancing protocol safety and flexibility.

Technical upgrade to double Solana's blockspace (100m CUs) planned for deployment by year-end.