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SOLANA VOTE WORKERS LOCAL 111

ONE CHIRP.
EVERY SLOT.

A tiny union story about the loudest, most repetitive job in the ledger.

01

THE OLD SHIFT

THREE QUARTERS OF EVERYTHING WAS US.

Validators voted. The votes arrived as transactions. Every slot brought another chorus.

VOTEVOTEVOTEOTHER
SIGNED / SEALED / CHIRPED
EVERY SLOT
“Of the total 1,086 transactions in this block, 864 (74.93%) were vote transactions.”Helius
“Vote transactions currently represent approximately 75% of Solana’s transactions.”RockawayX
02

THE PAPERWORK GAG

LOUD IN THE LEDGER.
LIGHT ON THE WORK.

~75%OF TRANSACTIONS
COMPUTE LOAD~10%OF COMPUTE

A MOUNTAIN OF ENVELOPES.A CRICKET-SIZED WORKLOAD.

03
FORM 111–ROFFICIAL POSTING

REDUNDANCY NOTICE

THE SHIFT ENDS
ONE RUNG AT A TIME.

Not a countdown. A posted schedule for the last five rungs of the old shift.

  1. 01
    SEP
    RUNG 01POSTED
  2. 02
    SEP
    RUNG 02POSTED
  3. 03
    SEP
    RUNG 03POSTED
  4. 04
    SEP
    RUNG 04POSTED
  5. 05
    SEP
    FINAL RUNGPOSTED
ISSUED BY / PROTOCOL OPERATIONS

Schedule: Anza release plan, surfaced by Solana Compass. Alpenglow targets Q3 2026.

KEEP THIS NOTICE
04

THE NEXT SHIFT

THE VOTE REMAINS.
THE TRANSACTION DOESN’T.

OLD SHIFTNEW ROUTE

Votes move directly into the consensus pool. Many signatures become one compact BLS certificate, and that certificate is still anchored on-chain.

01 / MANYVALIDATOR VOTES
DIRECT TOCONSENSUS
POOL
02 / ONEBLSCERTIFICATE
03 / ANCHOREDON-CHAIN
DIRECT VOTE → POOL → CERTIFICATE → CHAINRead the Alpenglow overview →

THE HALL STAYS OPEN

COME IN.
GRAB A SEAT.

One last chirp for every worker whose paperwork became protocol history.

01CONTRACT ADDRESS / CAHELD UNTIL T–0VERIFY
02TELEGRAMLINK IN HEADERJOIN
03X / TWITTERLINK IN HEADERFOLLOW
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