The Solana Foundation released a Request for Proposals announcement on the X platform. The Solana Foundation is looking for proposals to advance the development of Solana's open-source data tools, and can provide up to $160,000 in funding. The two RFPs include: Solana Indexer Tool and Solana Authenticator Directory Details and Application. The former has a total funding of $100,000 to support building end-to-end open-source infrastructure solutions to access real-time and historical data from Solana programs and accounts. The latter has a total funding of $60,000 to create an open-source discriminator database that allows developers to interact with unknown deployed contracts and parse instructions. It is reported that both RFPs will help improve the developer experience and data tools on the Solana blockchain, with a submission deadline of October 4, 2024.