Anza’s SIMD-0675 would schedule Solana validators by geography

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Solana validators are the group that would notice this change first, because the proposal changes how they are placed in the leader schedule. That would affect participation and location disclosure for operators who take part, since the design uses self-reported location data and groups nearby validators.

In practice, the setup would move from a non-geographic schedule to one that sorts validators by geography, while the open proposal remains under review. The location information is still self-reported, so the scheduling rule changes even though the underlying source of the location data does not.