Key TakeawaysFiredancer devs proposed removing Solana’s per-block compute cap so throughput scales with validator performance. Backers say the current ceiling slows Solana during peak demand by forcing leaders to stop adding transactions once a block hits its compute quota. The Firedancer team — best known for building a high-performance, independent Solana validator client — frames the change as a step toward unlocking the network’s headroom revealed in recent testing. Anza, a core Solana engineering shop, flagged the proposal publicly and pointed the community to the discussion thread on X, inviting feedback from validators, client teams, and builders. The debate comes after a series of incremental increases to Solana’s compute budget over the past year and separate proposals to lift the cap further.