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<p class="is-style-lead">Anza has introduced updates in version 1.18.11 of its validator client to address Solana’s network congestion issues.</p>
<p>Validator clients are crucial software tools used in proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains such as Solana (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/solana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">SOL</a>) and Ethereum (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH</a>), enabling validators to authenticate transactions and uphold network rules. According to a representative from Anza, an update&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/releases/tag/v1.18.11" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">aims</a>&nbsp;to solve Solana’s congestion issues.</p>
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 <p>“The ongoing congestion issues have prompted developers to swiftly take action.”</p> <cite>Anza developer</cite>
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<p>Besides enhancing validator clients, developers are exploring other strategies, such as optimizing computing unit usage, implementing priority fees to improve user experiences, and developing stake-weighted quality of service to prioritize transactions more effectively.</p>
<p>The root cause of the issues on the Solana network has been primarily linked to spam transactions, which severely affect transaction speeds and increase transaction drop rates. Solana’s architecture directly processes transactions without a&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/mempool/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">mempool</a>, which compounds the problems.</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/solana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@Solana</a> testnet validators, the v1.18.11 release is now deployed to devnet, recommended for use on testnet. Please upgrade ASAP to help us start analyzing the effects of the proposed congestion fixes. <a href="https://t.co/8tcmtZ5tuQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/8tcmtZ5tuQ</a></p>— Anza (@anza_xyz) <a href="https://twitter.com/anza_xyz/status/1778626752056803546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">April 12, 2024</a>
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<p>External analyses emphasize Solana’s severe congestion challenges. Reports indicate that a rise in the popularity of Solana&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/meme-coin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">meme coins</a>&nbsp;has exacerbated network overload, leading to significant transaction delays and high failure rates.</p>
<p>In response, Solana Foundation’s Head of Strategy, Austin Federa,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Austin_Federa/status/1777995577696874850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1777995577696874850%7Ctwgr%5Ec6eb1cda6887d7ddb724236ec11dd04919bc93f0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdecrypt.co%2F226055%2Fsolana-congestion-fix-nears-devs-upgrade-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">highlighted</a>&nbsp;the network’s challenges on Twitter. He added that the network had previously overcome similar challenges, suggesting stability in handling such setbacks.</p>
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 <p>“Every decision is a series of tradeoffs, sometimes you get it right, sometimes you get it wrong.”</p> <cite>Austin Federa, Solana Foundation’s Head of Strategy</cite>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Developers from Anza, Firedancer, Jito, and other core contributors are working diligently (and not sleeping much) to shore up Solana's networking stack to meet the unprecedented demand the network is seeing today. <br><br>There's been a lot of threads on what exactly is causing the…</p>— Austin Federa | 🇺🇸 (@Austin_Federa) <a href="https://twitter.com/Austin_Federa/status/1777995577696874850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">April 10, 2024</a>
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<p>Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/solana-passed-scalability-test-despite-outages-analyst-says/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Solana passed scalability test despite outages, analyst says </a></p>

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