The Solana Foundation has tightened rules for its Solana Foundation Delegation Program (SFDP), setting a 12-month participation term and automatic graduation once a validator reaches 300,000 SOL in stake, according to a BlockBeats report.
Program changes
The revised rules cap the program at 100 validators and require participants to operate their own validator nodes. The foundation said SFDP will continue supporting new validators while using delegations outside the program to reward contributors to network health.
Validator-count concerns
Jacob Creech, the foundation’s vice president of technology, said reducing validator numbers was not the goal. He said a decline could be a side effect if enough high-quality contributors cannot be found, and that more than 100 validators had submitted materials to seek continued support.
Source: BlockBeats English report, published Nov. 10, 2026.