Solana's Firedancer Client Activated on Mainnet with 5% Price Bump

Solana's mainnet recently activated Firedancer, a validator client developed by Jump Crypto. The move triggered a 5% price increase, pushing SOL towards $140.

Firedancer transitioned from testing to active validation on the live network after completing over 100 days of controlled testing. The client uses C and C++ to handle heavy transaction loads and reduce network downtime risks.

During testing, Firedancer processed over 1 million transactions per second in controlled conditions. While this figure does not reflect real-world traffic, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko called the launch an exit from the network's extended beta period.