Epics DAO Solana Validator Reaches World #3 — Score 99.93, Global Top-Tier Performance Powering the ERPC Platform

ELSOUL LABO B.V. (Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands, CEO: Fumitake Kawasaki) and Validators DAO are pleased to announce that the Epics DAO validator — which serves as the backbone of ERPC's SWQoS endpoints and the source node for Epic Shreds — has reached world #3 across all Solana validators with a score of 99.93. The validator also ranks #3 within the Shinobi Performance Pool.

World #3 among all Solana validators, including super-minority-class validators holding millions of SOL. This result demonstrates that the infrastructure underpinning the ERPC platform is backed by globally top-tier performance.

Validator Address: EpicsoqLdDP8qRn3wQRKTSKAXbjK9dUgFfNPRQS77MQD Staking Page: https://epics.dev/en/staking/

World #3 — Top 3 Among All Solana Validators

The Shinobi Performance Pool ranking is a comprehensive scoring system that evaluates real processing performance across metrics including vote success rate, vote latency, skip rate, and Compute Units per block.

The Epics DAO validator has achieved a score of 99.93 under this system, placing it at world #3 among all Solana validators — including super-minority-class large-scale validators. The validator maintains approximately 200,000 SOL in active stake while sustaining this level of performance.

Shinobi Performance Pool: https://xshin.fi/#Validators

How World #3 Translates into Speed for ERPC Users

SWQoS — Higher Validator Performance Means Higher Transaction Quality

Stake-weighted Quality of Service (SWQoS) is Solana's priority lane mechanism that gives stake-connected nodes preferential access to block leaders. ERPC's SWQoS endpoints are backed by the stake connection of the world #3 Epics DAO validator.

The higher a validator's processing performance, the faster and more reliably transactions propagate through SWQoS channels. A world top-tier validator directly elevates the quality of ERPC's transaction delivery — this structural advantage is at the core of ERPC's SWQoS offering.

Epic Shreds — Solana Shredstream Delivered from a World #3 Validator

Epic Shreds is a premium Solana Shredstream delivered with minimum hops from the Epics DAO validator. In same-environment benchmarks, Epic Shreds achieved a 95.82% win rate against conventional Solana Shredstream, with approximately 234ms of speed advantage at P99.

With the source validator now ranked world #3, Shred reception and processing speeds have improved further. Lower vote latency and lower skip rate mean the validator tracks the latest block progression faster and processes Shreds with greater accuracy — directly translating into faster delivery for Epic Shreds subscribers.

The speed of Epic Shreds is structurally tied to the performance of its source validator. World #3 is the clearest proof of product quality.

ERPC Shreds: https://erpc.global/en/shreds/

Solana RPC — What Users Actually Touch

Every Solana application accesses the network through RPC. Wallet balances, transaction confirmations, DeFi position updates — the speed and quality users actually experience is determined by RPC performance.

We operate both the validator and Solana RPC infrastructure as an integrated system. Optimization insights gained from validator operations are directly applied to ERPC's Solana RPC nodes, and vice versa. Validator improvements reach users as tangible RPC quality improvements — this feedback loop is the advantage of operating comprehensive Solana infrastructure.

A Platform That Gets Faster Over Time

Most infrastructure products peak at the moment of purchase and become relatively slower over time. ERPC reverses this pattern.

Validator improvements flow directly into SWQoS endpoint quality, Epic Shreds delivery speed, and Solana RPC performance. As the validator climbed from world #6 to #3, the entire platform's quality improved alongside it.

World #3 is a waypoint, not a destination. The next target is the top — and once we reach it, staying there. This continuous improvement is what keeps the ERPC platform accelerating.

Contributing to the Solana Network

Solana is a distributed computing network. Its performance is the sum of the performance of every individual validator.

When our validator improves, it contributes to the overall processing speed and reliability of the entire Solana network. Each validator that pushes its performance higher raises the throughput ceiling for the entire chain — our improvement is a contribution to the broader Solana ecosystem.

Rewards for Stakers

Solana's incentive design rewards validators based on their performance. Validators that process faster and more accurately earn greater rewards — a mechanism designed to incentivize network-wide performance improvement.

The Epics DAO validator operates with 0% staking commission and 0% MEV fees. Performance-driven additional rewards are passed through entirely to stakers.

Why Professionals Choose ERPC — Infrastructure That Never Stops Improving

ERPC earns the trust of professional Solana infrastructure users not simply by existing, but by relentlessly pursuing incremental improvements every day.

Hardware generation upgrades, OS kernel parameter optimization, network stack tuning, IRQ affinity adjustments, CPU C-state disabling, governor locked to performance mode — we push the performance ceiling higher across every layer, every day.

Two years of dedicated R&D have brought us to world #3. But we are not satisfied with this result. As a global top-tier Solana provider, we aim to achieve the top position and lead the industry. For our customers, we are committed to delivering an innovative environment where they can focus on strategy and code — free from infrastructure concerns.

Buidlers Collective — Full-Stack Access Powered by Epics DAO & Validators DAO

Buidlers Collective (BDLC) is the gateway through which open-source developers and Solana Buidlers access ERPC's full-stack connectivity within the Epics DAO and Validators DAO ecosystem.

BDLC GENESIS is a limited-edition community NFT capped at 1,000 units. While holding, members receive complimentary access to the Bundle Standard plan worth €698/month — full-stack connectivity including Solana RPC, Solana Geyser gRPC, and Solana Shredstream (Direct Shreds).

As validator quality rises, ERPC quality rises. As ERPC quality rises, the infrastructure value BDLC holders receive rises with it. Reaching world #3 strengthens this virtuous cycle further.

Buidlers Collective NFT Marketplace (Magic Eden): https://magiceden.io/marketplace/buidlersc

SLV — R&D Results Published as Open Source via AI Agents

Our validator R&D results are published through SLV, an open-source tool that makes them reproducible for anyone.

SLV provides a unified open-source toolkit covering the full lifecycle of Solana development — from Solana RPC and validator setup to operations, backup, and migration. Core functionality is MCP-compatible, enabling execution through AI agents.

SLV Official Site: https://slv.dev/en SLV GitHub: https://github.com/validatorsDAO/slv

Five Consecutive Years of WBSO Approval

ELSOUL LABO has received consecutive approval under the Dutch government's WBSO R&D tax incentive program since 2022 — five years running. Ongoing R&D into Solana RPC infrastructure, validator placement and operations orchestration, and automation tooling has been recognized, and the outputs of Epics DAO, Validators DAO, and ERPC have emerged from this sustained research effort.

Reaching world #3 demonstrates that two years of accumulated R&D are now materializing as concrete performance metrics. R&D results compound, and the rate of improvement accelerates over time.

Next-Generation Infrastructure — AS200261 Solana-Optimized Data Center

ELSOUL LABO has been assigned its own ASN (AS200261) by RIPE NCC and is preparing the launch of a Solana-optimized top-tier data center. The facility features a unified hardware stack of AMD EPYC 5th Gen, AMD Threadripper PRO 5th Gen (9975WX class), and NVMe Gen 5, combined with optimized network routing under our own ASN — infrastructure that surpasses existing premium data centers.

The facility is scheduled to open next month, providing the foundation for further acceleration across both validator and infrastructure operations. The initial allocation is fully reserved; subsequent inventory will be offered in waitlist order.

Thank You

We have been able to sustain this pace of improvement thanks to the support and collaboration of our community. Real-world operational feedback from our users has sharpened both the priority and precision of every improvement we make.

As a global top-tier Solana provider, we will continue building an environment worthy of high-performance application development and operations. We remain committed to growth and improvement — delivering an innovative environment where our customers can focus on strategy and code.

Thank you for your continued support.

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