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Solana Launches Onchain Governance and Sets Entry Fee at 100,000 SOL Staked

Validators with 100,000 SOL staked can now submit plain-language proposals as delegators gain override rights and votes require two-thirds approval.

  • On Thursday, the Solana Foundation launched Solana Governance Proposals , enabling validators with at least 100,000 delegated SOL to submit onchain protocol proposals for the first time.
  • The framework separates high-level directional questions, called SGPs asking 'Should we do this?', from technical implementations handled by Solana Improvement Documents focused on specific protocol upgrades.
  • Proposals require minimum 15% support from actively staked tokens to trigger a formal vote, with final tallies stake-weighted and verified onchain using a Merkle proof for cryptographic confirmation.
  • Delegators can now override their validator's vote or cast their own, a feature the Solana Foundation calls 'staker sovereignty' to keep real voting power with token holders rather than validators.
  • Solana has drawn renewed interest, with SOL up about 16% over the past week to around $78, joining networks like Polkadot and Cosmos in utilizing stake-weighted governance mechanisms.
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The Defiant broke the news on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
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