[Jump Crypto Proposes Removing Block Compute Unit Limits After Solana Alpenglow Upgrade]
The Firedancer team at Jump Crypto has put forward a proposal named SIMD-0370, suggesting the removal of the current limit of 60 million compute units (CUs) per block after the Solana network undergoes the Alpenglow upgrade planned for later this year. Previously, there had been proposals to raise this limit to 100 million CUs.
According to the proposal, once the limit is removed, block size will dynamically adjust based on the transaction processing capacity of high-performance validators, while lower-performance validators will forgo voting on oversized blocks through an automatic vote-skipping mechanism. The proposal argues that this will incentivize well-funded block producers to upgrade their hardware to handle more transactions, thereby creating a "flywheel effect" that enhances the validation capacity of the entire network.
Roger Wattenhofer, Head of Research at Anza, expressed support for the proposal but also pointed out potential risks related to centralization and network stability. He believes these issues are manageable and remains in favor of the initiative to remove the limit.