Inside Solana's New Economic Infrastructure With JITO's Seg

Seg (Jito Labs) joins us live at Solana Breakpoint to reveal how Jito is rewriting Solana's economic engine with BAM (Block Assembly Marketplace) and leaking some massive alpha about building Fire Dancer. In this technical deep dive, Seg explains why the current "block engine" is being replaced, how BAM creates a unified, deterministic marketplace for block space (solving the "spam" problem for market makers), and why Jito shut down its mempool for the long-term health of the network. We also discuss the "10/10" liquidation event, the decline in validator counts, and why 2026 will be the year of on-chain institutional capital. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Jito as Solana's Economic Engine 01:30 - What is BAM? 06:15 - How BAM Enables (ACE) for Perps 12:15 - Privacy: Ethos or Price Action? 14:40 - Wide Sandwich Attacks: The New MEV Threat 20:00 - Validator Count Decline 23:15 - Inflation Debate: Prop 441 vs. 228