{"id":"tp-53854","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Solana Foundation Program Requires Validators to Run Their Own Nodes","author":"Simon Yoon","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/53854","datePublished":"2026-11-11T11:02:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-11-11T11:02:34.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The program’s 12-month term starts when a validator first qualifies for Foundation stake on mainnet. Its published exit rules still give conflicting thresholds for outside stake.","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"100-validator cap as an existing program rule","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/53694"},{"title":"conflicting outside-stake exit thresholds","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/51745"}]}