For a national stablecoin, transaction inclusion is not a feature—it's the foundation. The risks have evolved beyond simple fees into a new paradigm of centralized censorship that demands a proactive strategy of network participation.
Primary Risk: Builder & Relay Centralization
The Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) ecosystem, while efficient, concentrates immense power. A handful of trusted, centralized relays and block builders can be compelled to censor transactions.
This chart illustrates the market dominance of a few key relays in the MEV-Boost ecosystem.
Primary Risk: Mining Pool Dominance
The legacy Stratum V1 protocol allows a few major mining pool operators to control block construction, giving them the power to prioritize or exclude transactions.
This visualization shows how a small number of mining pools control the majority of the network's hashrate.
Primary Risk: Network Instability
While offering high throughput, Solana's history of network degradation and outages presents a fundamental reliability risk, placing a heavy burden on applications to manage retries.
~45%
Peak Transaction Failure Rate
During high congestion, many transactions can fail, requiring robust retry logic.
This statistic highlights the critical need for sophisticated infrastructure to handle volatility.
A passive approach is not an option. Securing a national stablecoin requires a multi-layered, proactive strategy that moves from foundational resilience to direct network influence.
Actively participate in developer communities to support and influence future censorship-resistance upgrades like ePBS, Inclusion Lists, and Stratum V2.
Commit capital to run proprietary validators (ETH/SOL) and participate in Stratum V2 mining pools (BTC) to secure a sovereign, non-censorable transaction channel.
Employ private relays (ETH), transaction accelerators (BTC), and custom retry logic (SOL) as emergency measures for urgent or sensitive transactions.
Resilient Infrastructure
Own and operate a multi-cloud, multi-client, geo-distributed node network.
Select a scenario to dynamically model the potential budget and strategy adjustments for your operation, powered by the Gemini API. This transforms a static budget into an interactive planning tool.
Total Pilot OpEx
~$1.7M
The Price of Sovereignty
This budget represents a critical investment in securing the integrity and unconditional reliability of a Canadian digital dollar.
Capital for Network Influence
~$4M
A Balance Sheet Asset
This capital for staking (ETH/SOL) and mining (BTC) is not an expense, but a strategic asset that generates influence.
A gradual, multi-year approach allows for building expertise, managing risk, and scaling influence over time.