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Solana Devs Face Hard Choices When Moving From Devnet to Mainnet
Deploying a Solana program to mainnet shifts responsibility from testing to real-world risks: real SOL costs, unknown attackers, and permanent mistakes. The upgrade authority decision—whether to keep mutability for fixes or revoke for user trust—is irreversible. Teams often use multisigs before considering full immutability after audits.
Meridian48 take
The piece correctly frames mainnet deployment as a trust and risk management problem, but understates how many Solana projects skip audits and rush to revoke authority for marketing purposes.
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