According to ChainCatcher, Dan Albert, executive director of the Solana Foundation, responded to questions about the decentralization of the network. He said that being able to coordinate patches does not mean that the Solana network is centralized.

On August 9, the Solana validation node discovered a serious vulnerability and coordinated a fix behind the scenes to avoid a network crash. The distribution and coordination of patches are done behind the scenes. Albert emphasized that this should not be confused with centralization. He pointed out that there are 1,500 block production nodes worldwide, the operation is the responsibility of many individuals, and the patches are open source, and the decentralized characteristics of the network still exist.