In a cool shift for Solana’s (SOL) scaling card, Jump Cryptos Firedances Development Team has submitted a proposal known as SIMD-0370 that would remove the block level calculation of the unit limit.
The change, which the team suggested, would be implemented after the implementation of the alpenglow upgrade could lock a new flow regime by allowing blocking manufacturers to have larger blocks.
Under today’s design, each block is bounded by a maximum allowed computer devices, a safety measure and maximum workload intended to prevent validators from being overwhelmed. Currently, the Solana limit is of 60 million calculation devices. Earlier this year, another group of Solana core developers submitted a paper that argued to lift the limit to 100 million calculation units.
But with the upcoming alpenglow upgrade, some developers say Cap is no longer needed. And if the cap is lifted, blocks would be able to fit as many transactions as they can, depending on how high performance their validators are.
Supporters say this flexibility could make Solana more robust during periods of great demand, such as when new token’s launch or defi activity tips. Larger blocks would mean that more transactions can get through, reducing the kind of overload and failed trades that frustrate users.
Some still discussed that blocks today at Solana are not full, so there would be no tangible difference for end users. “We haven’t had any time when demand would increase media fees or average fees significantly. So it’s not even clear that Burst capacity would be meaningful,” Anatoly Yakovenko, the founder of Solana Blockchain, wrote at the Developer Suggestion Forum.
The proposal is still in the discussion stage, and the Solana community will have to decide whether the benefits outweigh the risk. If approved, it could mark a new chapter in Solana’s scaling story.
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