Inside Jito’s New Solana Plugin Strategy | Eric & Hayden

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Eric and Hayden from Jito discuss their new Solana plugin strategy and its implications for on-chain trading.

Gm! In today’s episode, we’re joined by Eric and Hayden from Jito to discuss Solana Accelerate, the launch of Jito’s Maker Prioritization Plugin, and broader efforts to improve Solana’s market structure through more deterministic transaction scheduling. We also cover validator incentives, BAM architecture, plugin experimentation, perp and prediction markets, tokenized assets, and why user experience and distribution will be critical for driving on-chain trading adoption. Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://x.com/Lightspeedpodhq Follow Jito: https://x.com/jito_sol Follow Hayden: https://x.com/magicdhz Follow Eric: https://x.com/gzalz_sol Follow Sam: https://x.com/minnus Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QHlbNTNS4gc1ZTVh -- Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (2:23) Solana Accelerate Recap (6:22) Jito’s Maker Prioritization Plugin (9:56) Why Scheduler Rules Matter (13:42) Bam Adoption and Validator Incentives (18:22) Competing for Top of Batch (22:42) Faster Onchain…

People in this episode

Guests: Eric, Hayden

Topics covered

• Solana Accelerate
• Jito's Maker Prioritization Plugin
• transaction scheduling
• validator incentives
• on-chain trading adoption

Keywords

• Solana
• Jito
• transaction scheduling
• validator incentives
• on-chain trading
• Maker Prioritization Plugin
• BAM architecture

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Organizations: Jito, Solana, Blockworks

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