Mainnet Empirical Telemetry (20 Probes, 10 Validators)
All measurements below were conducted on Solana Mainnet-Beta during Epoch 1073 (Post-Alpenglow). Validator software versions were queried directly from Mainnet gossip (getClusterNodes) and cross-referenced with getLeaderSchedule.
Live Interactive Matrix: You can interactively filter and inspect all 20 probes across relative block positions on the Live Telemetry Visualizer.
1. Validator Client Distribution
| # | Validator Identity Pubkey | Client Family | Gossip Version | Probed Mainnet Slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | privaEdSEmnMPGPoQACUkcDGkFBbTArVvsEGd7C5wUM | Agave / Jito-Solana | 4.3.2 | 463931745 |
| 2 | DrifTrN923QaouP89UxkQzFGbumKPCnfkNYQRwmZxatz | Frankendancer (Firedancer) | 26.10.5 | 463931749 |
| 3 | Ninja1spj6n9t5hVYgF3PdnYz2PLnkt7rvaw3firmjs | Agave Release Candidate | 4.4.0-rc.1 | 463931754 |
| 4 | 3SkE34PVeGck2ArEffFKjihrQgURsvnoTAhitsNXNzXd | Agave / Jito-Solana | 4.3.2 | 463931760 |
| 5 | HEL1USMZKAL2odpNBj2oCjffnFGaYwmbGmyewGv1e2TU | Agave Mainline | 4.4.0 | 463931765 |
| 6 | G3a3iYZKNLbivothF3twqcaTCEvoPb9uJ2bFc9DNKkBQ | Agave / Jito-Solana | 4.3.2 | 463935347 |
| 7 | JUPiTERrZqgf1jUyR7dSkhMx4Kn2qJyekWsg3LT1h4b | Frankendancer (Firedancer) | 26.10.5 | 463935348, 463935349 |
| 8 | EkvdKhULbMFqjKBKotAzGi3kwMvMpYNDKJXXQQmi6C1f | Agave / Jito-Solana | 4.3.2 | 464360091 |
| 9 | 5Cchr1XGEg7dbBXByV5NY2ad8jfxAM7HA3x8D56rq9Ux | Agave / Jito-Solana | 4.3.2 | 464360092 |
| 10 | CAo1dCGYrB6NhHh5xb1cGjUiu86iyCfMTENxgHumSve4 | Agave / Jito-Solana | 4.3.2 | 464374627 |
2. Key Empirical Inversions
Burst 200 · Frankendancer v26.10.5 Inversion (Slot 463935349)
In Slot 463935349 (Leader: JUPiTERrZqgf...), concurrent probes at flat 5,000 lamports base fee demonstrated strict Kendall’s $\tau = -1.000$:
- Rank 4 (
30,000 CU, sent last): Captured block index39 / 189(top 20.6%). - Rank 3 (
50,000 CU, sent earlier): Pushed down to block index90 / 189(47.6%). - Result: Intra-block jump of 51 positions against arrival order.
Burst 201 · Agave 4.3.2 Inversion (Slot 464360092)
In Slot 464360092 (Leader: 5Cchr1XGEg...), 3 concurrent probes landed within the same block:
- Rank 4 (
30,000 CU): Block index42 / 176(top 23.9%). - Rank 1 (
150,000 CU): Block index47 / 176(26.7%). - Rank 0 (
300,000 CU): Block index52 / 176(29.5%). - Result: Strict reverse arrival ranking ($\tau = -1.000$) across Agave 4.3.2.
Burst 202 · Sub-2,000 CU Preset seu-checkpoint (Slot 464374627)
In Slot 464374627 (Leader: CAo1dCGYrB..., Agave 4.3.2), our seu-checkpoint preset (1,900..2,500 CU) captured 4 consecutive block indices:
- Indices
27, 28, 29, 30 / 375(top 7.20% – 8.00% of block). - Interleaving Ahead of 13 out of 14 Jito MEV Bundles: Infiltrated into the early 64-tick PoH window ahead of 92.8% of Jito tip transactions (which were scattered between indices 129 and 347) at zero priority tip.