Jump Crypto is launching a second validator client for Solana in partnership with the Solana Foundation

According to Decrypt reports, Jump Crypto, the encryption investment arm of the high-frequency trading giant Jump Trading, is working with the Solana Foundation to build a second verifier client, Firedancer, for Solana. The client will be based on the C++ programming language and is designed to coexist with Solana Labs' existing Rust programming language-based validator client. Once deployed, Firedancer may help avoid Solana Labs' problem of a single client holding a majority of validator stake. Separately, Jump Crypto said it would propose a major upgrade to Solana’s open-source core software.