Solana Co-founder Addresses Node Resource Controversy: Full Nodes Only Require Extremely Low Computing Power to Run.

Solana co-founder Toly today responded in a post to Bankless co-founder David Hoffman’s earlier discussion on blockchain resource requirements, stating that Solana has achieved the relevant goals and demonstrated a running test: Solana mainnet full nodes, using less computing power than a single tablet CPU core and connected via 5G network, took only 10 seconds to catch up to the latest on-chain blocks and participate in voting from scratch, a process that also included parallel compilation and initial snapshot synchronization. Earlier, Toly had said in 2023 that the cost of running Solana would be lower than the sum of all EVM chains, and its processed transaction volume would also exceed the total of all EVM chains. At that time, David Hoffman responded, pointing out that Solana had not sufficiently attempted to lower node operation thresholds, and emphasized that reducing resource requirements is an important cultural requirement for the long-term operation of blockchain systems, arguing that blockchains with lower resource needs are more sustainable.