P2P.org Makes Strategic Investment in Rakurai to Boost Solana Performance

TLDR

• P2P.org invests in Rakurai to enhance validator performance and increase staking returns for Solana delegators.
• Rakurai's technology delivers significantly faster transaction processing compared to standard Solana clients.
• The investment strengthens P2P.org's position as an innovation-focused infrastructure provider in the Solana ecosystem.

P2P.org is excited to announce our strategic investment in Rakurai, a revolutionary Solana staking protocol that's redefining transaction throughput and validator rewards on the network. This move aligns with our ongoing commitment to enhance blockchain infrastructure and deliver superior staking solutions to our clients.

Transforming Solana's Infrastructure

Rakurai recently secured $3 million in seed funding led by Anagram Ventures, with participation from P2P.org, Cyber Fund, Colosseum, Slow Ventures, Robot Ventures, Crypto.com, and other strategic investors.

Rakurai are in a class of its own due to their novel approach to transaction scheduling and pipeline optimization. Rakurai’s internal tests show the platform has the potential to deliver up to 5x better performance than existing Solana clients, significantly increasing transaction throughput while maintaining high quality of service.

Why P2P.org Invested

Our investment in Rakurai represents a strategic alignment with P2P.org's core goals of maximising returns for our clients and supporting critical infrastructure innovation. By partnering with Rakurai, we're positioning ourselves at the forefront of Solana validator optimization.

Specifically, this investment will:

1. Help us explore cutting-edge validator node technologies that could significantly improve staking returns
2. Enable P2P.org to offer enhanced transaction processing capabilities to institutional clients with high-throughput requirements
3. Strengthen the Solana ecosystem by supporting technology that benefits the entire network

The potential for increased block rewards through Rakurai's optimized transaction processing aligns perfectly with our commitment to maximizing returns for our 90,000+ delegators across all networks.

Bridging TradFi and DeFi

The Rakurai team brings over two decades of experience in ASIC/SOC development and building ultra-low latency, high-throughput systems for algorithmic trading. Led by former Apple engineer Ali Rizvi, the team has already demonstrated their capabilities by winning first place in the infrastructure track of the Colosseum Renaissance Hackathon.

"We believe Rakurai addresses fundamental challenges that have constrained Solana's performance," said Steven Quinn, Head of Strategy at P2P.org. "By optimizing transaction scheduling and block creation, Rakurai improves network efficiency, creates substantial new value for validators and delegators, and lays the foundation for next-generation blockchain-based trading services and high bandwidth applications."

Impressive Growth Trajectory

Even amidst challenging market conditions, Rakurai has established itself as one of Solana's fastest-growing validators. Since late January, their network stake has surged by an impressive 390%, growing from approximately 17,960 SOL to over 88,080 SOL.

Img: Rukarai Stake Growth since 25th of January 2025

Looking Forward

Our investment in Rakurai reflects our commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in blockchain infrastructure. We're excited to support the team to develop products that significantly increase Solana throughput, benefiting users, stakers, and node operators throughout the ecosystem.

For Solana validators interested in boosting block rewards or applications seeking higher bandwidth, we recommend reaching out directly to the Rakurai team via Rakurai.io.

About Rakurai

Rakurai is supercharging transaction landing on Solana, boosting block rewards for node operators and stakers. Their technology allows applications to increase bandwidth while drastically reducing latency. Leading web3 funds including Anagram, Cyber.Fund, Slow Ventures, Colosseum, Crypto.com, and infrastructure providers like P2P.org and GlobalStake participated in their $3M fundraise.

Web: Rakurai.io 

Twitter: @Rakurai_io