Solana Block Limit Removal Proposed by Jump Crypto After Alpenglow Upgrade
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TLDR Jump Crypto proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit after the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade The change would let high-performance validators process more complex blocks, creating a performance incentive system Current fixed limit of 60 million compute units would be replaced with scaling based on validator capabilities Validators with better hardware could earn more fees, encouraging network-wide hardware upgrades The Alpenglow upgrade, passing with near-unanimous support, will reduce transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds Solana, one of the fastest growing blockchain networks, may soon become even faster. Jump Crypto, the Web3 infrastructure company building the Firedancer validator client for Solana, has proposed removing the blockchain’s fixed compute block limit to improve network performance and create stronger incentives for validators to upgrade their hardware. The proposal, known as SIMD-0370, would be implemented after Solana’s upcoming Alpenglow upgrade. Alpenglow recently passed governance with near-unanimous support and is scheduled for testnet deployment in December. Currently, Solana operates with a fixed compute unit block limit of 60 million. The new proposal would eliminate this cap, allowing block sizes to scale based on validator capabilities. This change would create what Anza, a research company spun out of Solana Labs, describes as a “performance flywheel.” “This creates a performance flywheel: block producers pack more transactions to earn more fees. Validators that skip blocks lose rewards, so they upgrade hardware and optimize code. Better performance across the network means producers can safely push limits further,” Anza explained in a recent statement. 1/ SIMD-0370, by Jump’s Firedancer team, proposes removing Solana’s fixed compute unit block limit after Alpenglow. This would eliminate static caps on block limits and have validators skip blocks they can’t process in time. Here’s what changes pic.twitter.com/xge1IViKnH — Anza (@anza_xyz) September 27, 2025 The Technical Mechanics Under the proposed system, validators with suboptimal…
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