Команда Firedancer призывает снять ограничения на вычислительные единицы для оптимизации работы Solana Translation: Firedancer Team Calls for Lifting Compute Unit Limits to Optimize Solanas Performance

The development team behind the high-performance client Firedancer for Solana has proposed to lift the limit on computational units (CU) in blocks following the Alpenglow update, with tests anticipated this year.

The SIMD-0370 suggests eliminating the current cap of 60 million CUs. There have been discussions about raising this limit to 100 million computational units.

With the removal of the fixed limit, the size of blocks would be determined by the number of transactions a high-performance validator can include. Nodes equipped with less powerful hardware will automatically refrain from voting on «overloaded» blocks by utilizing a skip-vote mechanism, which will be introduced in Alpenglow.

The proposal asserts that lifting the block limit, provided there is sufficient demand for network resources, will encourage validators to upgrade their equipment. This would enable them to incorporate more transactions per block and generate additional income. Other participants would be compelled to follow suit to remain competitive.

«[Such incentivization] creates a flywheel effect: block producers continually enhance efficiency, thereby increasing the average power of the validator set. In turn, this allows for the safe expansion of block capacity, continuing the cycle,» the documentation states.

Roger Wattenhofer, head of research at Anza— the developer of Solana and a proponent of the Alpenglow upgrade— expressed strong support for the idea of completely removing the computational limits.

At the same time, he noted that this move could lead to centralization and pose stability risks in the event of an exceptionally powerful block producer. However, Wattenhofer expressed confidence that «these issues are solvable.»

Alpenglow received almost unanimous approval during the voting that commenced at the end of August. This extensive consensus system upgrade will reduce block finalization time from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. The enhancement package will also bolster the network’s resilience and improve data processing efficiency.

Earlier this month, Jump Crypto, in collaboration with Galaxy Digital and Multicoin Capital, established a treasury firm called Forward Industries focused on Solana. The three companies invested $1.65 billion into the project through cash and commitments related to stablecoins. The investment committee of the new entity includes Jump Crypto’s CIO Surabh Sharma.

It was soon revealed that Forward Industries would sell shares worth $4 billion to acquire the «people’s cryptocurrency.»

Notably, MEXC Research’s chief analyst Sean Yang predicted that SOL could rise to $250 by the end of the year.