We’re announcing two major enhancements to dRPC’s infrastructure for Solana developers: Stake-weighted Quality of Service (QoS) and MEV Protection are now both supported natively in our Premium Solana RPC endpoints.
These features address different challenges, but together they make dRPC a significantly more robust option for serious builders on Solana.
Stake-Weighted QoS: Fair prioritization based on stake
Solana’s network allows validators to prioritize transaction traffic based on stake through an optional feature called Stake-weighted Quality of Service.
Here’s what this means in practice:
- dRPC peers directly with staked validators
- Transactions routed through dRPC gain stake-based prioritization
- Up to 80% of a validator’s TPU capacity is distributed based on stake
- Prevents low- or zero-stake validators from flooding the network
This enhances Sybil resistance and ensures that traffic coming through dRPC maintains a reliable path to block producers, especially in high-load scenarios.
MEV Protection: Preventing sandwich attacks at the RPC layer
In addition to performance improvements, we’re also introducing native MEV protection to all dRPC Solana RPC endpoints, including public endpoints.
This feature prevents sandwich attacks and other MEV-related transaction manipulations by:
- Obfuscating transaction contents at the RPC layer
- Reducing the visibility window between submission and inclusion
- Preventing adversarial actors from reacting to transactions before confirmation
This is especially critical for:
- DEX users and bots
- NFT drops and auctions
- Any app where transaction ordering impacts value
By applying MEV protection before transactions even reach the network, dRPC provides security guarantees that go beyond typical RPC providers.
No changes required
If you’re already using dRPC, there’s nothing you need to do, these features are live and working under the hood. If you’re new to dRPC and want a secure, performance-optimized RPC experience, get in touch with our team or check our documentation to get started.
In summary
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Stake-weighted QoS | Stake-based prioritization of transactions to Solana validators |
| MEV Protection | RPC-level protection against frontrunning and sandwich attacks |
With these features, dRPC improves both the fairness and security of transaction handling on Solana.
