Jump Crypto’s Firedancer team just rolled out proposal SIMD-0370, which could shake things up big for 0 idea is to scrap the fixed compute unit (CU) block limit and instead let validator performance decide 1 it gets approved, this would unlock more throughput and scalability, a move that could push Solana price prediction even 2 itself is being built by Jump Crypto, the same group backing Forward Industries , the biggest Solana digital 3 has already accumulated over 1.58B SOL , more than 5% of the total supply, showing heavy conviction in the 4 Does This Upgrade Work For Solana? Currently, every Solana block operates under a fixed compute ceiling of 60M CUs, which is soon to be increased to 100M under SIMD-0286, regardless of the validator hardware’s 5 cap forces faster validators to hold back, limiting the network by a number rather than its real 6 new Alpenglow upgrade changes this by letting validators vote to skip blocks they cannot process in 7 cuts congestion and avoids redundant gossiping, opening the door for higher 8 sets off a performance flywheel where block producers pack more transactions to earn higher fees, while validators that skip blocks lose rewards, pushing them to upgrade hardware and 9 stronger the validator set, the more the network can safely scale.) September 27, 2025 Still, not everyone is 10 Wattenhoffer , head of research at Anza, cautioned that taking away the block limit could bring new technical risks and push the network toward centralization.
However, he noted that these problems could be 11 Alpenglow aiming at 100ms finality and Firedancer promising up to 1M TPS, Solana could cement itself as the fastest blockchain in the 12 with its stablecoin market boom from $5B to $12B, Wall Street giants are already watching closely, and the upside pressure on Solana price action could 13 Price Prediction: Big Move Coming, But Where?
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