New Solana Proposal Aims To Fix Scalability Issues Plaguing Network
Solana developers have proposed a new hashing system that changes how the Solana blockchain verifies, traces, and interacts with user accounts.
The new proposal aims to address the networks scalability issues by introducing a new hashing system that could eliminate bottlenecks without impacting security.
New Solana Proposal To Address Scalability Issues
The proposal addresses one of Solanas biggest obstacles regarding mainstream adoption. Called SIMD-215, the proposal introduces a lattice-based homomorphic hashing function that alters how the Solana blockchain tracks and verifies user accounts. When approved, the proposal could set a new standard for blockchain scalability and potentially influence other networks and how they approach challenges related to scaling.
The main goal is to scale Solana to billions of accounts and compute a hash of all accounts in practical time and space.
Solana and other blockchains must regularly recalculate the state of user accounts. However, as the network grows, this process becomes increasingly demanding on network resources. This problem is known as the state growth problem among blockchain developers and was discussed by Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, who stated,
The problem comes down to this simple thing: New account creation has to create new accounts. This means that a new account has to prove that it is new somehow. This is trivial to do if the runtime has a full global index of all the accounts. But that kind of way of proving that the account is new is expensive. Every node has to have a full index of all the accounts in the runtime.
How The Proposal Works
The Accounts Lattice Hash upgrade removes the requirement that a new account must prove its new. It uses an approach inspired by an advanced cryptographic technique called homomorphic hashing, allowing the network to update its state verification by only processing changed accounts. The new system maintains the same 128-bit security level while reducing computational overhead. Early implementations have shown promising results. Crypto research firm Republik Labs elaborated on the proposal in a post on X, stating,
Think of it like cleaning a house. Instead of scrubbing every single room every day, you only tidy up the spaces that got messy. This saves time and effort while keeping everything in order.
The upgrade will be introduced via Solanas formal improvement process, with developers recommending a gradual rollout to allow nodes to pre-compute the new system before fully activating it.
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