Toly: Solana mainnet full nodes can synchronize quickly with extremely low hardware resources.

Solana co-founder Toly responded to Bankless co-founder David Hoffman's discussion about blockchain resource requirements and presented test results: a Solana mainnet full node, using less computing power than a single CPU core on a tablet and connected via a 5G network, took only 10 seconds to catch up with the latest block and participate in voting from scratch. This process included parallel compilation and initial snapshot synchronization. In 2023, Toly stated that the cost of running Solana and the transaction volume it processed were superior to the sum of all EVM chains. At that time, David Hoffman pointed out that Solana had not yet fully attempted to lower the barrier to entry for node operation and emphasized that reducing resource requirements is an important cultural requirement for the long-term operation of blockchain systems.