14/04/2026
SLV has released native multilingual support in v2026.4.13.1648, allowing Solana node operators and AI agent developers to run the entire SLV experience — onboarding wizard, AI Console conversations, security notices, and operational result reports — in their mother tongue. Five preset languages are available out of the box (English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese), and selecting "Other" lets users enter any language name to unlock support beyond the presets.
The Validators DAO ecosystem now spans more than 100 countries, and the vast majority of operators are not native English speakers. Whether you can read and write to the AI agent in your own language makes an order-of-magnitude difference in operational efficiency: conveying intent precisely, fully understanding the response, and asking follow-ups without context loss. With this release, validator upgrades, Geyser gRPC configuration, Shredstream setup, DoubleZero client startup, and node migration can all be carried out through native-language conversation, while Solana-specific terminology and code are preserved in their accurate form.
The selection of preset languages reflects actual communication patterns observed in the Validators DAO official Discord, where Chinese-language discussion in particular has grown sharply over recent months. Native multilingual support also extends to mobile operations: from a single smartphone with an ssh client, an operator can now build, run and troubleshoot a Solana validator — and develop a Solana trading bot — entirely through native-language conversation with the AI agent.
This is more than a usability improvement. Reducing operational errors, lowering the barrier to new entrants, and enabling validator participation from a wider range of regions all contribute directly to the processing quality and fault tolerance of the Solana network as a whole. SLV is provided as open source on GitHub. The operational expertise consolidated in the AI agent is backed by the Epics DAO Validator, which has reached world #3 (score 99.93) in the Shinobi Performance Pool. ELSOUL LABO has been approved under the Dutch government's WBSO R&D programme for five consecutive years since 2022, and a Solana-specialized data center under our own ASN (AS200261, assigned by RIPE NCC) is scheduled to open this month.
By deploying SLV-built environments onto the ERPC platform, operators immediately gain access to in-platform snapshot downloads, zero-distance communication with validators, and the DoubleZero dedicated fiber network — which has cut roughly 200ms of P99 latency in the Asia regions. From anywhere in the world, in any language, with a single smartphone — Solana operations and development have entered a new stage.
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ELSOUL LABO B.V. (headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; CEO: Fumitake Kawasaki) and Validators DAO are pleased to announce that SLV, the open-source Sol...