Solana proposes a lattice-based hashing system to handle billions of accounts efficiently.
The upgrade uses homomorphic hashing to verify changes, reducing computational overhead.
Validator voting will decide the rollout of Solana’s innovative scalability solution.
Solana developers have presented a new update that is expected to revolutionize the network’s capacity. The new system addresses blockchain’s biggest challenge: effectively managing billions of user accounts on social media networks. If approved, this could alter Solana’s approach to validating and maintaining account states and make it easier for the network to scale up and integrate blockchain in more aspects of life.
The proposal suggests that the “lattice-based” hashing system be implemented to improve account tracking and verification. This would avoid re-computing every user’s entire state, which becomes increasingly exhaustive as the network expands.
Solving State Growth
The “state growth problem” has always challenged blockchain networks, including Solana. New account creation demands proof of uniqueness, a computational overhead as the network expands. The proposed Accounts Lattice Hash upgrade is a direct solution to this problem. It allows account verification in a given network without needing the network to go through the entire account state repeatedly.
The solution uses an enhanced cryptographic method known as “homomorphic hashing.” This technology changes account state verification by only checking the changed accounts, thus minimizing the computational costs.
Ensuring Network Security
Even with the new boost in performance, the system retains Solana’s industry-standard 128-bit security. Developers see this as increasing network capacity without necessarily opening the network to several other risks. The system’s initial evaluations have shown some promising outcomes. Two validator clients, Agave and Firedancer, proved that the new hashing system can be used in real-life scenarios.
The developers of the new version said it would be released step by step. The new hashing system will be introduced in the network with a grace period for nodes to compute it before its implementation.
Community Validator Approval
It will then undergo Solana’s standard improvement proposal that involves voting from the validators to activate. This allows the network community to be involved in such a significant change.
This proposal could greatly enhance Solana’s capacity to handle billions of accounts if accepted. It also makes the network look like the leader in the blockchain scalability issue. The proposal can tremendously impact the blockchain industry by solving a significant problem for high-performance blockchains. Solana’s developers are keen to establish a long-term and continuous development of the blockchain industry.
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