Solana rolls out crucial update to tackle network slowdowns, enhancing validator performance
Solana Labs has launched version 1.17.31, a software update specifically developed to resolve congestion problems resulting from spam transactions. The update implements a stake-weighted quality of service (SWQOS) mechanism that gives priority to transactions from validators who have staked their tokens. It allocates 80% of network connections to these validators. Anza strongly encouraged MainnetBeta validators to execute the update whenever their overdue stake falls below 5% and to closely monitor