- Solana Foundation will reduce support for validic tester with less than 1000 SOL external stake.
- Fifteen validated test machines are affected. If the program is discarded, 900 operators can wear axes.
that Solana (SOL) The Foundation will reduce the support for about 150 validated tests by promoting independence and more network dispersion.
On April 23, Mert Mumtaz, founder of Helius Labs and developer of Solana, was optimistic. stated,,,
“Solana Foundation is now gradually reducing the number of effective tests that provide nodes more independently of incentives.”

Source: X
Dangerous betting on decentralization?
N for closingODE or validation instruments are steaking sole to propose blocks and effectively guarantee network security.
Removal of the effective tester that depends only on the Foundation’s delegation program (SFDP) for the Staked SOL can affect small operators.
According to Dan Smith, a policy, about 150 effective tests will be obtained by the policy.


Source: Block Walk
The attached chart shows that the Foundation Validator Support accounts for 20% (more than 80 million) of the total shares as of 2022. This has reduced 40 million soles to about 10.5%of the total steak as of 2025.
At the time of writing, there were about 1,224 active solar or verifiers, and there were 339.4 million tokens.
BLOCKWORKS data is about 900 of the 1,224 validity test machines. backup By SFDP, but the top node/validation instrument does not depend on the foundation.
In other words, the effective inspector operator revenue has fallen from $ 15.9 million to $ 1.3 million between January and April, and has more pressure on small -scale validity testors.
Actually HELIUS LABS warning Last year
“If we need to stop the SFDP immediately, we estimate that about 897 of the program participants who account for 57%of all Solana validation tests will have difficulty in maintaining a profitable operation.”


Source: Santiment
In the last two days, the overall market sentiment was negative, and the valid update has not changed anything.
In short, Sol Price can be shaken for $ 150 unless the BTC goes up to $ 100K.
In the price chart, the price behavior was still strong per probability RSI and Whale positioning (Green Whale vs Retail DLETA).
But the bull must find a $ 150-$ 160 level (red) to prove greater power.


Source: High Block