Solana SIMD-0675 study: geo-aware leader schedule cuts handover delay
- —Analysis used 6,250 synthetic networks based on 124 real validator locations
- —Average handover delay falls by roughly 29 ms in one highlighted configuration
- —Validator slot allocations stay unchanged; only the order of windows is rearranged
- —Proximity grouping risks regional concentration and misreported geography
Why it matters: The millisecond gains are useful only if the randomness and geographic spread that preserve network resilience are not quietly sacrificed.
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