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The Solana validator community discusses an upcoming educational workshop, Block Zero and StakePoint (mini conferences at Solana Breakpoint 2024), and governance of SIMD 96 - Full Priority Fee to Validators.

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IMPORTANT LINKS
Chat Logs: https://solanafoundation.notion.site/Solana-Foundation-Validator-Discussion-May-9-2024-b7e67470bf9c4a929b3eae6df7afb1f8
1.17.33 release notes: https://github.com/anza-xyz/agave/releases/tag/v1.17.33
Validator Educational Workshop playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLilwLeBwGuK6jKrmn7KOkxRxS9tvbRa5p 
Breakpoint 2024: https://solana.com/breakpoint
Block Zero Signup: https://lu.ma/block0
StakePoint Signup: https://lu.ma/durn97l8 
SIMD 96 Governance Proposal: https://forum.solana.com/t/proposal-for-enabling-the-reward-full-priority-fee-to-validator-on-solana-mainnet-beta/1456 
SIMD 96: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/blob/main/proposals/0096-reward-collected-priority-fee-in-entirety.md
Discord channel for SIMD 96 discussion:  https://discord.com/channels/428295358100013066/1237886089755234414

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction And Agenda
00:35 Mainnet Beta Updates
01:08 Testnet Updates
02:29 Validator Education - Life of a tx
03:11 Block Zero - Sept 18
06:14 Stake Point - Sept 19
08:13 SIMD 96 100% Priority Fee to Validators - Intro
09:50 SIMD 96 Discussion
35:20 Validator Economics
43:45 Delegation Program Priority Queue
47:26 Opinion: The Future of Solana Validators

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Solana Foundation Validator Discussion - May 9 2024