In a daring change for the Solana scaling roadmap (soil), the Firedancer Development Team of Jump Crypto has submitted a proposal, known as SIMD-0370, which would remove the unitary calculation limit at the block.
The change, which suggested the team would be implemented following the deployment of the upgrade of Alpenglow, could unlock a new flow speed by letting block producers have larger blocks.
As part of today’s design, each block is delimited by maximum eligible calculation units, a safety measure and a maximum workload intended to prevent validators from being overwhelmed. Currently, Solana’s limit is 60 million calculation units. Earlier this year, another group of Solana’s basic developers submitted a document arguing to increase the limit to 100 million calculation units.
But with the next Alpenglow upgrade, some developers say that CAP is no longer necessary. And if this ceiling is lifted, the blocks could adapt to as many possible transactions, depending on the performance of their validators.
Supporters say that this flexibility could make Solana more resilient during periods of high demand, such as when new tokens are launching or peaks in DEFI activity. Farger blocks would mean that more transactions can pass, reducing the types of congestion and stranded exchanges that frustrate users.
However, certain debates that the blocks today on Solana are not full, so there would be no tangible difference for end users. “We have had no time when demand would considerably increase median costs or average costs. It is therefore not even clear that the capacity for bursting would be significant,” wrote Anatoly Yakovenko, the founder of the Blockchain Solana, on the developer’s proposal forum.
The proposal is still at the discussion stage, and the Solana community will have to decide whether the advantages prevail over the risks. If it is approved, it could mark a new chapter in the history of Solana scaling up.
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