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Solana Developers Consider Removing Block Limits Post-Alpenglow Upgrade

Solana developers are proposing the removal of the 60 million compute units cap per block, allowing block sizes to scale dynamically with validator hardware. This proposal, identified as SIMD-0370 and filed by the Firedancer development team at Jump Crypto, aims to increase throughput by enabling stronger validators to handle more transactions. Smaller validators could opt out of voting on larger blocks through a skip-vote feature. While proponents argue this change could enhance transaction capacity, critics worry it may favor well-funded operators, leading to centralization risks and potential propagation delays. As the Alpenglow upgrade approaches, which is set to improve transaction confirmation speeds, discussions surrounding this proposal are intensifying within the community.

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