The Solana team is urging validators to “upgrade ASAP” in anticipation of a congestion fix

The developers of Solana have prioritized testing a congestion fix in a development network and are requesting validators to “please update ASAP” in order to apply the change.

Anza, a group that recently split out from Solana Labs, has issued a recommended remedy in validator client version 1.18.11 in response to the growing congestion problems affecting the Solana network.

A validator client is a specialized programme that helps proof-of-stake blockchains, such as Ethereum and Solana, establish a consensus. Validators may use the software to ensure that transactions are legitimate before adding them to the chain. This includes ensuring that the sender has sufficient funds and that the transactions follow the rules of the network.

Developers have moved quickly in response to the persistent congestion problems on the Solana network. One possible approach is to optimize validator clients. Other potential solutions include optimizing compute unit utilization, improving user experiences via priority fees, and studying stake-weighted Quality-of-Service (QoS) for more efficient transaction prioritization.

After a successful deployment on the development network, Anza has requested testnet validators to evaluate the new software’s performance in resolving congestion.

Spam transactions are the main cause of Solana congestion, which slows down transaction processing and increases the rate at which transactions fail. Further complicating matters is the network’s one-of-a-kind design, which handles transactions directly, bypassing a mempool.

According to recent reports, there has been a dramatic increase in network congestion due to the popularity of Solana joke currencies among investors. Due to the congestion, there have been significant delays in processing transactions and communication between nodes. SolScan data indicates that transaction failure rates may reach 50% to 80%.

Recognizing the problems and the dissatisfaction of users, the Solana Foundation has taken the initiative. On Wednesday, Austin Federa, head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, tweeted a summary of the situation, explaining that the problems arose from a known issue that became much worse owing to “unprecedented demand” and that the QUIC protocol implementation is to blame.

He said that the network has dealt with similar problems in the past and that this is just tech debt. You make good choices and bad ones all the time; decision-making is a game of tradeoffs. When demand exceeded the capacity of many systems in early 2022, the Solana network went through a similar situation.

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