Discussions from the Solana Validator Community on operations, upcoming changes, and best practices.

Community Validator Discussions

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The validator community discusses a pending mainnet feature activation to requires a minimum software version of 1.14.18, an upcoming education workshop on August 23rd 2023 at 17:00 UTC, and validator specific event Breakpoint 2023, and a discussion on Solana governance.

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Important Links
Feature Activation Schedule: https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/wiki/Feature-Gate-Activation-Schedule 
System Tuning: https://docs.solana.com/validator/get-started/setup-a-validator#system-tuning
Educational Workshop Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLilwLeBwGuK6jKrmn7KOkxRxS9tvbRa5p 
Breakpoint 2023: https://solana.com/breakpoint 
Block 0 Conference Info: https://hackmd.io/@KFEZk8oMTz6vBlwADz0M4A/HJf8_sEwn
Governance Telegram: https://t.me/+CNvn2-hKQRRiMWVk

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Chat Logs And Transcripts:
https://solanafoundation.notion.site/Community-Validator-Discussion-July-20-2023-4b538f9353d5468a894d2a5fb9d494d8?pvs=4

Chapters
00:00 Intro And Agenda
00:58 Mainnet Beta Updates
02:17 Testnet Updates
03:05 Next Validator Educational Workshop Aug 23
04:23 Why remove sys-turner question
05:14 MEV Camp and Block 0
05:54 Block 0 Details
07:39 Thoughts From Infra Con 2023
10:20 Michael From Laine on Governance
14:20 Improving Community Validator Discussion
15:40 Open Discussion on Governance

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Solana Community Validator Discussion - July 20 2023