Layer33 Says Each Remaining Validator’s SFDP Delegation Will Fall to 55,000 SOL

Layer33 estimates each remaining validator’s SFDP delegation will fall from about 85,000 to 55,000 SOL and wants weekly exits paused until communication about retaining contributors improves.

The alliance, which represents independent Solana validators, aims for independent operators to hold at least 33% of network stake collectively. It puts the per-validator delegation decrease at 30,000 to 35,000 SOL and says some operators have shut down nodes and canceled plans to attend Breakpoint.

The current statement renews Layer33’s earlier call to halt validator removals under revised SFDP rules. The group says weekly exit batches should remain paused until communication about retaining contributors improves.

Layer33 said the Solana Foundation has cited direct rewards for Alpenglow community-cluster participants as one reason for changing the program. The alliance argues that those participants are also among the validators prioritized for exit. It says SFDP still holds more than 10 million SOL in delegations and argues those funds could support rewards without dismantling the program.

Layer33 says the revised rules replace long-term contributors with participants on 12-month terms. It wants the foundation to publish the analysis behind the 300,000-SOL external-stake graduation line, the 100-validator limit, the 12-month term and the 55,000-SOL per-validator delegation estimate.

The group also seeks details of the Alpenglow participant rewards and a published assessment of the rules’ effect on current validators, including how about 75% of current members were classified as noncontributors. Other requests include formal consultations with current SFDP members under a process and timeline, contribution-based delegation criteria and an application process alongside discretionary delegations. Layer33 also wants the foundation to explain why the program favors new validators over contributors who have operated nodes for years and helped improve Solana.