One thing searcher infra teaches you very quickly:
seeing something first and being able to do something with it are not remotely the same problem
One of the stranger things about crypto:
we can build systems secured by world-class cryptography
and then lose billions because somebody’s laptop gets compromised.
The weakest link is usually much less futuristic than the system around it.
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A searcher seeing more flow does not automatically make them better.
Sometimes the edge is knowing what to ignore.
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$6.3B hack and apparently no private key leak.
That might be the most interesting part.
You can have secure cryptography and still have insecure infrastructure around it.
The boring parts of security are usually the parts that get you.
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Curious what searchers think becomes more important as Solana gets faster:
latency
pricing
leader awareness
better models
My guess is the answer is annoyingly “all of them.”
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150ms finality is kind of insane when you actually stop and think about it.
Solana spent years becoming “the fast chain” and apparently the response was:
"not fast enough"
very curious what market structure looks like when everyone has even less time to think.
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FAQ: How Does Flowra Use Open Orderflow?
@Flowra_sol combines standardized orderflow access with competitive bundle auctions and validator-controlled block policy, allowing searchers to compete on execution while validators retain control over the rules governing their blocks.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT 💭
If your edge disappears the moment everyone gets the same feed, was the edge really execution? 👀
I'm not sure if everyone feels this way, but there's something I keep coming back to, which is: a lot of MEV discussions are really access discussions in disguise.
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gm gm, here's a little something something. More to come!
Where Will The Next Wave of Solana Adoption Come From? [Ft. Flowra] #CHAINREACTION nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1qGoNYqNr…
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Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to @token2049 this year in Singapore, but it's due to a very exciting reason I can't wait to share with everyone soon!
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With the man, the myth, the @SolanaFndn legend Mr @ramzyyalii 😎
Thank you @kbwofficial for such a great event as always.
The quality keeps getting better and better 🤩
Harry Hwang retweeted
Simply seeing the tx is not the same as being able to land against it.
This is usually the first thing every new searcher learns the annoying hard way. The stream gives visibility but the leader schedule tells you whether it's actually useful ✅
crypto infra is basically:
“why didn’t this land”
followed by 45 minutes of increasingly specific questions
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Harry Hwang retweeted
The collaboration we knew was..... imminent 😉
p.s this is definitely 100% not AI. @toly & @Harry_Flowra can confirm
alpenglow on public testnet today
~150ms finality is kind of ridiculous when you think about where solana started
everyone immediately thinks “apps get faster”
my brain unfortunately goes straight to:
what does this do to searchers, block building and the value of 50ms 😂
Alpenglow hitting public testnet is a big one.
@solana is targeting ~150ms finality, down from ~12.8 seconds today.
People will talk about swaps and payments feeling instant; which is true.
But the more interesting part for us is what happens underneath.
Faster consensus means faster markets.
Searchers have less time to react
Validators make decisions in tighter windows 🐂
Blockspace becomes even more time-sensitive 💍
Solana is getting faster 🏎️
The market structure around it needs to keep up too 🔔
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