Solana Foundation: Ability to coordinate patches does not mean the Solana network is centralized

Dan Albert, executive director of the Solana Foundation, said the ability to coordinate patches does not mean the Solana network is centralized, a view that refutes recent claims that the network is not decentralized. On August 9, Solana validator Laine shared details of a critical vulnerability they believe could have crippled the network. Validators privately coordinated the deployment of the patch, claiming that if the vulnerability was leaked, attackers could reverse engineer it and cripple the network. Because the deployment of the patch was done quietly and the coordination was done behind the scenes, some questioned the degree of decentralization of the network. Cointelegraph)