Blogpost - Chainflow

Solana's Inflation Debate Isn't Over: The SIMD Proposals You Need to Know

Published on 02 Jul 2026

SIMD-228 failed, but the question it raised didn't go away. Here's what the new inflation proposals — SIMD-0411, 0550, and 0547 — actually do, how each compares to 228, and what they mean for the validators who'd bear the cost.…

Constellation and the Future of Block Production on Solana: What Validators Need to Know

Published on 03 Apr 2026

Constellation is the first formalized proposal for Multiple Concurrent Proposers (MCP) on Solana. We wrote a primer covering the proposal, the debate, and what independent validators should be watching for.…

BULK Exchange: The Architecture That Pays Everyone to Win

Published on 25 Mar 2026

A deep dive into the architecture, competitive forces, and stakeholder incentives behind Solana’s purpose-built perpetuals exchange.…

Lifetime of a Solana Transaction: From Sender to Confirmation

Published on 19 Mar 2026

A comprehensive guide to Solana's transaction pipeline, where third-party services fit in, and what it all means for validators and stakers.…

Breakpoint 2025: Scaling the Read Layer to 1M TPS

Published on 23 Feb 2026

In this series, we summarize the most insightful talks from Solana Breakpoint 2025.…

Breakpoint 2025: The Hidden Costs of Bad UX

Published on 17 Feb 2026

In this series, we summarize the most insightful talks from Solana Breakpoint 2025.…

Breakpoint 2025: Layer 33 and the Fight to Keep Solana Decentralized

Published on 09 Feb 2026

In this series, we summarize the most insightful talks from Solana Breakpoint 2025.…

Pushing Solana Staking Forward through Programmable Staking

Published on 04 Feb 2026

We're teaming up with Pye to explore programmable stake accounts (PSAs), a new staking primitive designed to support stake trading and more flexible staking structures on Solana.…

Breakpoint 2025: The State of Returns on Solana

Published on 27 Jan 2026

In this series, we summarize the most insightful talks from Solana Breakpoint 2025.…

Sunsetting Cosmos, Osmosis and Namada

Published on 27 Jan 2026

We are shutting down our Cosmos Hub, Osmosis and Namada validator nodes.…

Summary of the Community-Led Solana Validator Call, January 22, 2026

Published on 25 Jan 2026

On January 22, 2026 we hosted the first community-led Solana validator call of the year. Here is a recap.…

Solana staking: The State of the Network and the Road to Fair, Fast Markets

Published on 20 Jan 2026

In this series, we summarize the most insightful talks from Solana Breakpoint 2025.…

Offline Signer CLI: How to Sign Solana Transactions Without Ever Touching the Internet

Published on 13 Jan 2026

High-value Solana operations have an ugly truth problem: your private key usually lives on an internet-connected machine. We developed a tool to solve this.…

Block Zero: The Annual Solana Validator Summit

Published on 31 Oct 2025

For most of the year, Solana’s validators live behind dashboards, terminals, and monitoring bots - quietly sustaining one of the fastest blockchains on earth. Once a year, that changes. Block Zero brings the validator community together.…

Monad Explained: Decentralization by Architecture

Published on 22 Oct 2025

Monad shows that true decentralization must be built, not declared - an architecture where speed and openness can coexist.…

Chainflow’s Official Response to the Cetus Exploit and SUI Governance Vote

Published on 30 May 2025

The Story Protocol staking design explained in simple terms.…

2 Years of Community-Led Solana Validator Calls

Published on 01 Apr 2025

It has been 2 years since we started hosting the Solana community-led validator calls. Let's stroll down memory lane.…

Double Zero Tech and Its Economic Impact on Solana

Published on 26 Mar 2025

The DoubleZero protocol introduces tech concepts for improving the performance of distributed systems like Solana. Here is an overview of the economic implications for both the DoubleZero network itself and the Solana ecosystem.…

The Many Faces of Ika Protocol

Published on 25 Mar 2025

We explore how Ika Protocol’s Two-phase commit multi-party computation enhances decentralized signing by improving efficiency, security, and scalability.…

The Story Protocol Tokenomics & Staking Design In a Nutshell

Published on 10 Mar 2025

The Story Protocol staking design explained in simple terms.…