Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, explains what changes in Solana (SOL) with v1.10 update
Mr. Yakovenko shared the status of a major performance upgrade designed to prevent congestion on the Solana (SOL) blockchain network. It includes three workloads defined to optimize transaction processes.
QUIC, stake-weighted transaction processing, what else?
As Solana’s developers released v1.10.15 testnet codebase in GitHub, Anatoly Yakovenko has taken to Twitter to share the progress details of its ongoing update.
First, with this upgrade, participants in the Solana Network (SOL) can use what’s called “Quick Internet UDP Connection” or QUIC, instead of “User Datagram Protocol” (UDP). QUIC offers asynchronous communication, which reduces latency.
However, Mr. Yakovenko is sure that there is still “10x” potential for latency improvements. As for staked-weighted transaction processes, the Solana creator shares that only “rudimentary” implementation of this module is live, but it can still boost the network’s bandwidth.
This opportunity prevents bots from sending spam transactions to the network. Previously, all transactions were approved on a “first come, first served” basis.
“Slow” rollout to mainnet starts this week
Last but not least, the fee prioritization mechanism is finally live. However, the network needs time to ensure that this improvement does not lead to increased fees for all participants, Mr. Yakovenko added.
All updates are now available on testnet; The mainnet beta rollout will begin this week and will be “slow,” the Solana co-founder said.
In the next release, v. 1.11, QUIC protocol will be made the default, while other improvements will be “optimized.”
As reported by U.Today previously, the Solana (SOL) network crashed several times in the past month, so its team decided to reconsider transaction verification mechanisms.
