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Jito’s custom validator client eliminated Solana’s spam-induced outages - by introducing a block engine and an out-of-protocol tip auction, Jito converted destructive network spam into a productive revenue stream for validators and stakers.
“We built a block engine and a specialized validator client to turn spam into a transparent auction, which stabilized the network for everyone.”
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Solana’s parallel execution is the key to scaling onchain finance - the network’s ability to process independent transactions simultaneously allows it to handle the massive state requirements of a global financial system that sequential chains cannot.
“Solana's architecture allows for parallel processing of transactions, which is the only way you can actually build a global-scale financial system on a blockchain.”
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Success in crypto infrastructure requires extreme ecosystem focus during downturns - rather than pivoting during the FTX collapse, Jito doubled down on Solana’s technical bottlenecks, resulting in their client being run by over 80% of the network.
“Staying focused on Solana during the bear market when people were writing it off allowed us to build the most critical infrastructure for the network's recovery.”
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“Over the past six to nine months on Solana, the markets and the activity have just gotten so good. There's a lot of smart engineers working on exchanges... it's actually much cheaper to buy Solana on Solana.”
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Jito serves as Solana’s infrastructure shield - by running a custom validator client on nearly 90% of the network, Jito filters transaction spam and manages block space similarly to how Cloudflare protects websites.
“We started Jito in 2021 and built out this ValidAir client and this whole system that basically tries to help Solana filter spam, like a Cloudflare.”
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On-chain markets are outperforming centralized exchanges - Solana’s efficiency has reached a tipping point where it is now often cheaper and more effective to trade assets directly on-chain than on major platforms like Binance or Coinbase.
“Over the past six to nine months on Solana, the markets and the activity have just gotten so good. There's a lot of smart engineers working on exchanges... it's actually much cheaper to buy Solana on Solana.”
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The long-term goal is a single global state machine - moving traditional finance and stocks on-chain eliminates the friction of manual KYC and restrictive purchase limits found in legacy apps like Robinhood.
“I think if it happens on Solana, you can download a wallet on your phone, press a few buttons, and then you have access to this whole financial system. I think it's a pretty promising future.”
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