Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk.
In this issue:
- Firedancer Devs From Jump Crypto Push Solana Toward Bigger Blocks
- Luke Dashjr Denies Hard Fork Claims as Bitcoin Governance Debate Heats Up
- UN: Experiment With Pension Funds Proves Blockchain as ‘Ultimate’ Identity Tech
- Gate Rolls Out Token Launcher ‘Gate Fun’ on New Layer-2 Network
Network News
FIREDANCER DEVS PROPOSE REMOVING BLOCK-LEVEL COMPUTE UNIT LIMIT: In a bold shift for Solana’s scaling roadmap, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer development team has submitted a proposal, known as SIMD-0370, that would remove the block-level compute unit limit. The change, which the team suggested would be implemented following the deployment of the Alpenglow upgrade, could unlock a new regime of throughput by letting block producers have bigger blocks. Under today’s design, each block is bounded by a maximum allowable compute unit, a safety measure
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Author: Margaux Nijkerk
