Blockdaemon's August 2026 Solana Report covers the eleventh consecutive month of outperformance against the Solana network average: a 5.98% PRR versus a 5.77% network benchmark, with vote rewards contributing 5.11%, MEV 0.31%, and fees 0.56%. The report also covers the month's governance results, with SIMD-0550's faster disinflation schedule approved at 67% support and the SGP-0003 fee-burn proposal failing at 53.9%; Alpenglow's October mainnet target and ~150ms finality; and the first steps of the rent cut and slot-time reductions.