Solana faces a critical infrastructure test, as developers urgently deployed a security patch—Validator Client v3.0.14—on January 10. Although the official call was for an immediate upgrade, data shows a dangerous lag in the upgrade process: 51.3% of stake nodes in the network are still running the outdated v3.0.13 client, while only 18% of nodes have migrated to the secure version. This slow response occurs amid a 42% year-over-year decline in active validator nodes, raising concerns about centralization. However, paradoxically, on-chain activity remains strong, with weekly decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume soaring 23% to over $35 billion, and stablecoin usage increasing nearly 200% year-over-year, reaching a record $15 billion.
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Solana faces a critical infrastructure test, as developers urgently deployed a security patch—Validator Client v3.0.14—on January 10. Although the official call was for an immediate upgrade, data shows a dangerous lag in the upgrade process: 51.3% of stake nodes in the network are still running the outdated v3.0.13 client, while only 18% of nodes have migrated to the secure version. This slow response occurs amid a 42% year-over-year decline in active validator nodes, raising concerns about centralization. However, paradoxically, on-chain activity remains strong, with weekly decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume soaring 23% to over $35 billion, and stablecoin usage increasing nearly 200% year-over-year, reaching a record $15 billion.