Tackling Network Congestion Challenges: Solana Developers’ Approach

The Solana Foundation has identified the recent network congestion issues as a result of high demand and a failure to implement necessary patches in a timely manner. The goal of the Solana project is to create a fast, open, decentralized network, but sometimes the team of engineers doesn’t get it right. While the consensus layer of Solana is functioning properly, the network is not meeting user expectations. It currently processes about 700 transactions per second, which is still impressive, but improvements are needed. The development team has been working on fixes for bottleneck issues in the networking stack, but there was a disconnect between the roadmap and the expected demand on the network. There is a significant demand for Solana block space and the network is processing more transactions than Ethereum. Solana developers are striving to fix bugs and implement upgrades, and they have been working hard to improve the network. Solana has faced criticism for network outages in the past, but it’s important to remember that emerging blockchain networks are still in their growth phase. Other protocols, such as Ethereum layer-2s, have also experienced downtime and issues. While it’s understandable to be upset about the outages, the industry is still evolving, and 100% uptime should be the goal for everyone. Solana is still considered to be in beta, as the network is not in its final form. Other networks may also need to adopt a beta label. Solana recently released an update to address congestion on the network.