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<h4>You can read the first part of the article <a href="https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/exploring-firedancer-an-in-depth-look-at-solana-2-0-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</h4> 
Now, let’s see more about Firedancer. 
<h5>What is Firedancer?</h5> 
<a href="https://x.com/jump_firedancer?s=21" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Firedancer</a> is a tool that will make Solana much faster and more efficient. It is a reliable solution for Solana’s network. It differs from previous Solana tools because it is not a whole part. This update is like having separate parts performing different functions. These parts are ‘Tiles’. 
For example, If one part develops a fault, it doesn’t affect the whole system. You can update these Tiles without pausing the system’s activities. For other Solana tools, if one part develops a fault, it might affect the system. 
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 Introducing Firedancer’s latest technical milestone: fd_quic <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f525.png" alt="🔥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f483.png" alt="💃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 
 A high-performance implementation of the QUIC and Solana transaction ingest network protocols. 
 1/15 <a href="https://t.co/N10k1XQcQ1">pic.twitter.com/N10k1XQcQ1</a> 
 — Firedancer <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f525.png" alt="🔥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f483-1f3fb.png" alt="💃🏻" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> (@jump_firedancer) <a href="https://twitter.com/jump_firedancer/status/1654124396062158850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a>
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Firedancer aims to: 
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 <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Making Solana easier to use.</li> 
 <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Increasing Solana Validators’s useful tools.</li> 
 <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Increasing Solana network’s speed and reliability.</li> 
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Firedancer handles data with speed as Solana’s network experiences more growth. It also uses different aspects of the computer’s memory to process data. With Firedancer, Solana’s network handles many tasks without encountering network issues.&nbsp; 
You might be wondering why and how Firedancer is so fast. Let’s get to it. 
<h5>How is Firedancer so fast?</h5> 
Firedancer functions using innovative techniques to handle many responsibilities. It utilizes <a href="https://www.purestorage.com/knowledge/what-is-data-parallelism.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Data Parallelism</a> to speed up the data processing rate. Firedancer carries out many transactions with data parallelism, thereby increasing the network operation. Firedancer handles millions of transaction data instead of doing it one at a time. It is so much like having many hands on deck all at once. 
Firedancer also uses special instructions that can handle <a href="https://www.gabormelli.com/RKB/Data_Cryptographic_Task#:~:text=A%20Data%20Cryptographic%20Task%20is,being%20a%20Data%20Decryption%20Task." target="_blank" rel="noopener">cryptographic tasks</a> with high speed. These special instructions allow for ease in data processing. That’s not all. Firedancer uses <a href="https://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/what-is-an-fpga.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Field Programmable Gate Arrays </a>(FPGAs) for efficient performance. FPGAs are chips for special functions like network communications. It processes transactions faster than regular network processors and consumes less power. 
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 1/ Watch <a href="https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aeyakovenko</a> highlight Firedancer as one of the most technically interesting things being built in the Solana ecosystem right now on Around the Block with <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brian_armstrong</a>. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f447.png" alt="👇" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> <a href="https://t.co/WI5da1YU5W">pic.twitter.com/WI5da1YU5W</a> 
 — Firedancer <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f525.png" alt="🔥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f483-1f3fb.png" alt="💃🏻" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> (@jump_firedancer) <a href="https://twitter.com/jump_firedancer/status/1621565536789319682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2023</a>
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Firedancer improves data transmission with <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/what-is-reed-solomon-code/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reed-Solomon coding</a>. This adds extra layers of information to data pockets. It makes it easier for network providers to recover data if they develop a fault during transmission. This way, Firedancer techniques will help Solana networks become more efficient and secure. 
<h5>How is Firedancer Secure?</h5> 
It is secure through its intelligent design choices and continuous testing. Firedancer focuses on security. It breaks down many tasks into ‘<a href="https://jumpcrypto.com/writing/firedancer-reliability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tiles</a>,’ each one performing a specific task. With tiles, if there is a security issue on one tile, it doesn’t affect the others. It’s like having different paper files; one gets soaked but doesn’t affect the others. 
Also, this development not only allows tiles to perform specific functions to complete a function. So, it reduces the risk of potential attacks in the network because each tile has its function. 
It’s important to know that developers run tests on Firedancer’s security, and <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/fuzz-testing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fuzzing</a> is one of those tests. It involves throwing random data at it to see if it can handle it without breaking down.&nbsp;Developers also check the code and introduce experts to review it for vulnerabilities. They use challenging simulations to check how Firedancer holds up under pressure. Ensuring Solan’s network is safe and efficient for operations takes a lot of effort. 
<h5>Firedancer and Frankendancer?</h5> 
Now, there is an extra update, Frankendancer. This is a combination of Firedancer’s new features and the Solana validator client. It looks like it’s an upgrade to a motor’s engine while maintaining the nature of the car.&nbsp; 
Frankendancer is all about increasing Solana’s network communications and reliability. It’s making Solana’s network faster. So, Frankendancer handles lots of transactions in seconds because of its design. It’s already on testnet displaying its abilities in real-life situations. 
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 6/ Meet Frank 
 We’re working incrementally to stay in sync with Solana’s ongoing development. 
 Our Frankendancer approach stitches our components into Solana’s existing validator and slowly builds a brand-new validator. <a href="https://t.co/9hg99mA1Ax">pic.twitter.com/9hg99mA1Ax</a> 
 — Firedancer <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f525.png" alt="🔥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f483-1f3fb.png" alt="💃🏻" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> (@jump_firedancer) <a href="https://twitter.com/jump_firedancer/status/1589368639417090048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2022</a>
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<h5>Conclusion</h5> 
People believe adding more hardware to a software application improves performance. But that’s false. And that’s where Firedancer steps in. It will make Solana’s validator client more reliable. It makes Solana faster and a lot more secure for use.&nbsp; 
Solana aims to become lightning-fast with no pauses and this new development is one step toward achieving it. 
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