Overview
- The Solana Foundation activated Solana Governance Proposals (SGPs) in early July 2026, publishing a live dashboard, documentation, and open‑source tooling to accept on‑chain proposals.
- Only validators with at least 100,000 SOL delegated can register an SGP, a gate designed to limit spam and concentrate proposal power among well‑backed operators.
- A proposal must secure backing from validators controlling at least 15% of active stake before it enters an 11‑epoch lifecycle that includes seven discussion epochs, an NCN stake snapshot, and three voting epochs.
- Voting is stake‑weighted, Merkle‑verified against the NCN snapshot, lets delegators override their validator’s vote on a per‑proposal basis, and requires at least 66.67% of For versus For+Against votes to pass with no quorum rule.
- SGPs are meant as directional, high‑level mandates that sit alongside technical Solana Improvement Documents (SIMDs), and near‑term impact will depend on validator coalitions, delegator turnout, and whether the first major SGPs win support.