Will Solana's SIMD-553 On-Chain Validator Vote Be Formally Scheduled Before August 15, 2026?
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DescriptionSIMD-553 proposes splitting Solana's 5,000-lamport signature fee into a base inclusion fee (paid to validators) and a resource fee (burned), targeting compute unit mispricing that distorts transaction scheduling. As of late June 2026, Firedancer engineer Riptl approved the proposal (June 6) but Anza engineers have not yet formally endorsed it, and no on-chain governance vote has been scheduled. Anza CEO confirmed SIMD-553 is on track to ship in 2026 alongside SIMD-550 and SIMD-123.
- This event resolves YES if a formal on-chain validator vote for SIMD-553 is publicly announced or scheduled (with a start date confirmed) before August 15, 2026 UTC.
- This event resolves NO if no formal vote scheduling announcement is made by the deadline.
- 1. Specificity: A governance thread, tweet, or official Solana forum post announcing a specific validator vote epoch or start date for SIMD-553 counts as YES.
- 2. Exclusion: Concept ACKs, GitHub approvals, informal discussions, or developer signals do NOT count. A vote must be formally scheduled.
- 3. Source Hierarchy: forum.solana.com priority. solanacompass.com secondary. helius.dev tertiary.
- 4. Timing: Must occur before August 15, 2026 UTC. Post-deadline resolves NO.
- 5. Cancellation Rule: A scheduled vote that is subsequently postponed or cancelled before execution still resolves YES based on the scheduling announcement date.