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The Solana validator community discusses upcoming validator educational workshops, the new Agave client, SIMD 96 - Full Priority Fee To Validators and governance related to SIMD 33 - Timely Vote Credits.

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IMPORTANT LINKS
Feature gate activation schedule: https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/issues/33300
Validator Educational Workshops: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLilwLeBwGuK6jKrmn7KOkxRxS9tvbRa5p
Agave Fork: https://solana.com/news/solana-labs-anza-fork
Simd96: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/blob/main/proposals/0096-reward-collected-priority-fee-in-entirety.md 
Timely vote credits: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/blob/main/proposals/0033-timely-vote-credits.md 
Zan summary: https://hackmd.io/@Zantetsu/rkHZeFq36 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction and Agenda
01:17 Foundation Call Schedule Change
03:57 Mainnet Beta Validator Updates
05:00 Testnet Validator Updates
05:35 Validator Educational Workshops
06:35 Agave Q and A
13:23 SIMD 96 And Governance
40:12 Timely Vote Credits
44:52 MEVs Impact on Solana
50:48 Validators Responsibility From Laine
54:20 Performance and Tx Inclusion

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Solana Foundation Validator Discussion - March 14 2024