The Solana network is advancing a proposal to significantly increase its block capacity from the current 60 million to 100 million compute units.
This planned upgrade aims to enhance network throughput, reduce transaction fees, and improve Solana’s competitive positioning within the blockchain ecosystem.
The expansion comes as a response to historical network congestion during peak demand periods and seeks to position Solana for sustained growth.
Developers anticipate heightened requirements from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and non-fungible token (NFT) platforms that leverage Solana’s high-speed infrastructure.
Lucas Bruder, the proposal submitter, emphasized that infrastructure improvements and validator optimizations now enable handling larger blocks without risking network stability.
Mert Mumtaz, CEO of blockchain developer platform Helius, underscored that the capacity increase will create greater flexibility for complex application development.
Despite the planned scale-up, Solana must manage associated technical complexities to maintain robust support for diverse decentralized applications across the network.