[Significant Decline in the Number of Active Validators on the Solana Network Sparks Community Debate] BlockBeats reports that on December 9, according to CriptoNoticias, the number of active validators on Solana has dropped from over 2,500 in March 2023 to approximately 800, a decrease of more than 68%. The community is divided on this phenomenon: one side believes that 'removing Sybil nodes' contributes to the health of the network; the other side (including some infrastructure teams) claims that many of the recent departures are genuine operators who chose to exit due to economic and operational costs. The actual impact on decentralization depends on the number of surviving independent validators and the distribution of staking/voting power.