Anza researchers propose speeding up Solana by scheduling validators by geography
- —Mean handover delay between honest validators falls from 36.2 ms to 17.0 ms
- —Median delay drops from 23.4 ms to 4.5 ms with three-window bins
- —Simulation uses epoch 1038 stake distribution and 661 validators
- —A 5% Sydney-based attacker produced a six-window adversarial run
Why it matters: The plan could speed up Solana but introduces unverifiable location data and the risk of longer consecutive control by a single operator.
Source: CryptoSlate