Decoding Solana’s Stake-Weighted Quality of Service (QoS) and Its Impact on Validators

Published on 29 Apr 2024

Stake-weighted Quality of Service (QoS) is a mechanism on Solana that allows block producers to identify and prioritize transactions based on the amount of SOL staked by the sender. In simple words, QoS enables prioritizing traffic on the network.  It serves as an additional sybil resistance mechanism, enabling validators to…