Solana boosted its network block capacity by 20% on Tuesday, lifting the limit on compute units (CU) to 60 million. This technical update enables more transactions per blockchain block with higher network efficiency along with a generally improved end-user experience.
Helius CEO and co-founder Mert Mumtaz elaborated further that Solana’s previous throughput was 48 million CUs per block. Transactions consumecompute units depending on how complicated they are. Increasing the block size enables more sophisticated applications to be created while users receive less expensive and faster transactions.
Ethereum also raised its gas limit to near 45 million units this week, its first substantial increase since February. In that month, the gas limit went from 30 million to 36 million units, so this week’s move was a big deal for the Ethereum blockchain.
Solana network congestion may be solved
Back on Solana, network engineers aim even higher. A new proposal made by Lucas Bruder, CEO of Jito Labs, includes increasing the block-capacity limit to 100 million CUs. In his proposal, he explained further that earlier limits on capacity were introduced so that network participants would be able to operate efficiently.
Bruder stated that network traffic no longer suffers from delays of executing blocks. Doubling the current 60-million CU limit would witness more transaction types being supported without sacrificing speed or access along its distributed network.
Last January, Solana reportedly experienced congestion when a deluge of memecoin transactions flooded the network. This was followed by a big-name debut that was connected with U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. Network engineers see larger block capacities as a way to prevent or lessen such chokepoints in times of high demand.
The price of Solana also responded similarly. On Monday, Solana jumped 12 percent to cross the level of $202, then gradually fell above $191 by Thursday. According to data from Nansen, in the previous week, the token gained more than 11 percent.
Companies also are adding Solana to their treasuries. DeFi Development Corp. revealed that it currently owns nearly a million SOL tokens. Bit Mining also spoke of a move into the Solana ecosystem with aims to raise $300 million for the establishment of a treasury for SOL tokens.
