# What If Compliance Started Before Transactions Hit the Blockchain?

> Flowra has partnered with Honeypot to bring sanctions screening directly into Solana block building, allowing validators to apply their own compliance policies before transactions are written onchain.

By Lidia Yadlos · July 30, 2026

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Compliance usually begins when users access a wallet or exchange. **Flowra wants it to begin when a block is built.**

The Solana infrastructure company has partnered with Honeypot to integrate sanctions screening directly into block building, allowing validators to decide which transactions meet their own compliance requirements before they're written onchain.

[Post from @Flowra\_sol on X](https://twitter.com/Flowra_sol/status/2082813462497943672?s=20)

## Bringing Compliance Into Block Building

The collaboration combines [Honeypot's](https://honeypot.run/) compliance intelligence with [Flowra's](https://flowra.wtf/) **Programmable Block Policy (PBP)** framework.

Initially, the integration will focus on sanctions screening, wallet risk analysis and auditability. Validators will be able to screen wallet addresses linked to sanctioned entities while also identifying network-level indicators such as VPNs, proxy services and Tor exit nodes—methods estimated to account for **31% to 61%** of obfuscated internet traffic.

Flowra says the framework has been designed to support additional enterprise compliance providers over time.

> "Public blockchains have become increasingly attractive to institutional participants, but the infrastructure hasn't evolved to give validators the compliance controls many regulated operators expect," said Harry Hwang, CEO of Flowra.

"We're working with Honeypot to bring compliance into the block-building process itself, allowing validators to define and enforce their own policies before transactions are included on-chain. The goal isn't to make the network less open, it's to give individual validators the flexibility to operate in a way that reflects their own requirements."

## Giving Validators the Final Say

Unlike many compliance systems, the partnership doesn't introduce a single set of rules for the entire network. Instead, every validator decides which policies it wants to enforce before transactions are added to a block.

That allows regulated operators to meet their own compliance obligations while preserving Solana's decentralized validator model. For institutions, it's another step toward running blockchain infrastructure without relying on permissioned networks or sacrificing operational requirements.

[Post from @Flowra\_sol on X](https://twitter.com/Flowra_sol/status/2077740128001257756?s=20)

## Building for the Next Wave of Adoption

As more financial institutions explore blockchain, the conversation is shifting beyond throughput and transaction fees toward governance, security and compliance.

Rather than treating compliance as something that only exchanges or custodians handle, Flowra is pushing those controls deeper into the network itself.

Whether that becomes a broader trend remains to be seen. But if institutional participation continues to grow, compliance may increasingly become part of blockchain infrastructure—not just something built around it.