Open-source project Solana Observatory for Network Decentralization Analysis
Back in 2023, while choosing a datacenter for Solya, we ran into a
problem. Geolocation data was inconsistent across every tool we
checked: the same validator IP showing different countries depending
on the source. But it wasn't just about accuracy. We wanted to
understand which datacenters were already overloaded with stake,
and which regions were genuinely underserved. So we wrote a script
to find out. Then kept going.
SONDA grew into a wider monitoring and analytics tool for validator
operators. It runs every 60 seconds across all three Solana clusters
and surfaces the practical signals operators actually need: where
datacenters and ASNs are overloaded, which providers have a history
of outages, which endpoints are healthy right now, and how
DoubleZero and Jito BAM adoption is shifting across the network.
The public dashboard launched during the Colosseum Frontier
Hackathon in May 2026. Open source, free to use, built for the
whole ecosystem.
- ⊕ Tactical placement view: where datacenters and ASNs are overloaded, where regions are underserved
- ⊕ Provider history: who's been stable on the network, who has seen outages and churn
- ⊕ Live endpoint reachability across Jito, Harmonic, and Solana infrastructure
- ⊕ DoubleZero adoption with protocol-verified device geo
- ⊕ Jito BAM monitoring and IBRL performance per validator
- ⊕ Cross-verified geolocation as the data foundation, with discrepancies flagged
- ⊕ All three clusters covered: mainnet-beta, testnet, devnet
