{"id":38567,"date":"2025-07-24T12:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38567"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:16:50","slug":"solana-eyes-66-block-size-bump-with-new-developer-proposal-as-network-demand-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38567","title":{"rendered":"Solana Eyes 66% Block Size Bump With New Developer Proposal as Network Demand Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Solana developers are considering increasing the network\u2019s block capacity by 66% as demand for block space on the most widely used network grows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/solana-foundation\/solana-improvement-documents\/blob\/main\/proposals\/0286-raise-block-limits-to-100M.md\">A new proposal, SIMD-0286<\/a>, floats the idea of increasing Solana\u2019s per-block compute limit from 60 million to 100 million compute units (CUs), according to a document posted by core contributors this week. <\/p>\n<p>The goal is to let Solana process more transactions and support heavier apps like DEXs, MEV systems, and restaking protocols without hitting compute ceilings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Block limits&#8217; primary purpose is to ensure the vast majority of network participants are able to keep up with the network, by restricting the amount of work a leader is allowed to pack into a block,&#8221; the proposal&#8217;s motivation reads. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, current mainnet traffic is largely not constrained by large block execution times. This proposal aims a substantial increase in block limits to 100 million CUs, in order to provide additional capacity to the network,&#8221; it adds.<\/p>\n<p>Solana currently produces blocks every 400 milliseconds, with strict caps on how much compute can be packed into each one. Earlier this month, the network activated SIMD-0256, which increased the limit from 50 million to 60 million CUs.<\/p>\n<p>But developer demand has spiked in tandem, raising the need for even more block space. The new proposal would allow validators to opt into the 100 million CU ceiling via a software upgrade, which is expected to go live in a future epoch once it is adopted.<\/p>\n<p>SIMD-0286 only raises the Max Block Units limit, which governs total compute per block. Other limits, such as Max Writable Account Units, stay unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>This means the extra capacity will primarily benefit non-vote, parallelizable transactions such as DeFi swaps or NFT mints, without increasing pressure on individual accounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/07\/22\/solana-breaks-200-as-jitos-bam-draws-bullish-bets\">Solana Breaks $200 as Jito\u2019s BAM Draws Bullish Bets<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solana developers are considering increasing the network\u2019s block capacity by 66% as demand for block space on the most widely used network grows. A new proposal, SIMD-0286, floats the idea of increasing Solana\u2019s per-block compute limit from 60 million to 100 million compute units (CUs), according to a document posted by core contributors this week. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-38567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}