on Solana there are two ways to send a transactionyou either send to i) TPU via an RPC or ii) Jitofor i)RPC sends to the txn processing unit (TPU) for the current block leader over QUICwhere the % of QUIC connections is higher for higher-staked nodesfor ii), this gets complexbut essentially, most Jito nodes have a reverse-proxy relayer in front of the TPU, and these relayers hold the txn for a durationthere are several micro auctions that happen during this time, and you increase your priority via your rati ...

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Product Releases - Helius Labs released Laserstream, described as the fastest and most reliable way to stream gRPC [1] - Helius Labs also released Sender, designed for fast transaction landing [1] - A significant release is upcoming that will fundamentally change how Solana data functions [1]