That looks really neat, but I still don't understand what firedancer actually is - what is a validator client for Solana and why does it need it's own crypto library?
They follow a first principles approach (the lead has a few physics degrees) and opted to speed up the cryptography. The beauty of this, despite the bad views on blockchain, is that they freaking sped up the cryptography of commonly used algorithms more than anything open or closed source that I personally am aware of.
It’s a win in cryptography, much like this Amazon post is, except it’s slower than the firedancer implementation.
Kanav left, they liquidated a huge staked ETH position a few months ago (+ a bunch of other coins), and the SEC/CFTC is all over them for the Terra Luna fiasco.
Folks have said jump is gonna die for 20+ years. They’ve been around 30ish…
You can make the determination on your own, but there will be an obvious large showing of firedancer folks and some exciting updates for the project.
For users that have AVX-512, which isn't widely available (AMD Zen 4 / Zen 5, Sapphire Rapids)...
We should celebrate Amazon's improvements and we should celebrate these improvements. Both are great for the future of technology, regardless of why they were initially developed. Improving tech and keeping it open source is good for all.