Solana's first on-chain governance vote opened at epoch 1021 around 03:50 UTC on August 23, 2026, enabling validators to cast ballots on three proposals via governance.solana.com. The voting window closes at epoch 1024, estimated around August 26. A frontend patch to correct the displayed quorum threshold remains unmerged. Large validators including Helius (16 million SOL for economic proposals), Jupiter (12.47 million SOL), and Jito (YES on all) have pre-committed support, while Solana Company (HSDT) backs the constitution framework but opposes accelerated disinflation and variable fees over timing concerns for institutional planning. Quorum requires one-third participation of active stake, followed by a two-thirds supermajority of decisive votes.