Solana Smashes Records With Record-Breaking August Transaction Volume

Solana has set a new record in August by processing over 5.2 billion non-vote transactions, exceeding even the most optimistic predictions at the start of the year.

The surge in activity was largely driven by the SIMD-0286 upgrade, which increased the maximum compute limit per block from 60 million to 100 million units without affecting block production time.

This upgrade had a noticeable effect, with daily non-vote transactions peaking at 171.9 million on August 10 and pushing throughput close to 2,000 transactions per second.

The network also activated 300-millisecond slot times in epoch 1024 on August 28, further increasing throughput ceilings.