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Introduction If Part 1 was about chasing couriers and Part 2 was about hardware and configuration, Part 3 is the milestone we’ve been building toward: our validator is officially live on Solana mainnet. We’re not voting yet — that will come soon — but our system is up, synced, monitored, and standing ready to secure the network as soon as delegation begins. This is where the preparation turns into participation. From Testnet to Mainnet After weeks of testing and fine-tuning,

Introduction Turning preparation into performance. If Part 1 was about courier chaos and patience, Part 2 is about precision — cables, cooling, and the quiet joy of seeing a system finally breathe on its own. Milton Keynes might not sound like the capital of decentralisation, and that’s exactly why it works. In a world where Solana validators cluster around the same few data centres, ours stands alone. Literally. We’re the only Solana validator at the nLighten data centre in

Patience is part of the setup. You’d think running a validator starts with plugging in hardware and watching green lights blink. Easy, right? Ours? It started with a courier that ghosted us at the gates, a wild goose chase through Milton Keynes, and a growing suspicion that our server might have entered witness protection. Decentralisation, as it turns out, doesn’t always begin with uptime. Sometimes it begins with chaos. The Story Launching a Solana validator isn’t just abou