Solana's Performance Evolution

Solana has aimed for high throughput since its inception, facing both impressive speed benchmarks and network stability challenges, with Firedancer poised to be a significant upgrade.

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1. Solana's Theoretical TPS Peak: Solana's network is theoretically capable of processing up to 65,000 transactions per second (TPS), though observed sustained effective TPS is typically lower due to network conditions.
2. Solana's Notable Network Outages: Solana has faced multiple significant network outages, including a 17-hour disruption in September 2021 and others in early 2022, primarily caused by transaction congestion and software bugs.
3. Firedancer's Projected TPS Boost: Firedancer is expected to dramatically increase Solana's transaction throughput, with projections suggesting it could enable the network to handle millions of transactions per second.

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