Solana has implemented SIMD-0207, increasing the block limit by 4%

PANews reported on April 15 that SolanaFloor reported that with the implementation of SIMD-0207, Solana engineers increased the block size of the chain by 4%. This change allows more data to be packed into Solana blocks, and in theory more transactions can be packed into a single block, thereby increasing the transaction throughput of the network. SIMD-0207 was originally proposed by Anza engineer Andrew Fitzgerald and has now been successfully implemented on the chain, raising Solana's block limit to 50 million CUs, an increase of 4%.

Increasing the network’s block limit is just one small step on Solana’s scaling roadmap. Future network governance proposals and upgrades will target continued, incremental improvements to help Solana grow. For example, SIMD-0256 intends to further increase the block limit to 60 million CUs, a 25% increase from the level before SIMD-0207 was implemented.