Solana Foundation announced that the independent validator client Firedancer, developed by Jump Crypto since 2022, is now live on the Solana mainnet. This creates a parallel implementation alongside the client system previously dominated by Agave and Agave-Jito, which held over 95% of the validator share. The goal is to reduce software risks caused by single-client concentration. The client uses a modular parallel architecture aimed at improving hardware utilization and supporting higher throughput. Kevin Bowers, Chief Scientist at Jump Trading Group, demonstrated in 2024 that it can handle over 1 million transactions per second on general hardware. (The Block) https://www.(wublock123.com)/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=6&id=53452