Solflare pledges to cover missed rewards on $160M in staked SOL after validator outage

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Solana wallet provider Solflare has committed to compensating users for rewards they missed after a validator holding about 1.56 million SOL went offline. The validator stopped earning, leaving the staked funds, valued at roughly $160 million, idle. Solflare has not yet disclosed which firm was responsible for holding the keys to the validator. The company's pledge addresses the lost yield, though the article does not detail the exact compensation mechanism.

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