Charles Hoskinson Makes A Case For Cardano Amid Solana Congestion Issues

Charles Hoskinson, Cardano (ADA) founder, has shared a notable insight into the issue of scalability in the broader cryptocurrency space.

In a post on X, Hoskinson reacted to the ongoing transaction congestion strain confronting the Solana blockchain.

Cardano’s Scalability Solutions to Solana’s Congestion

Notably, the launch of TRUMP and MELANIA on the Solana blockchain triggered a surge in transaction volume.

However, the surge has resulted in congestion, which left the Solana team searching for a solution to the scaling issue.

Tech experts say the Solana team did not prepare for the level of surge that hit the ecosystem.

However, Hoskinson believes that it was for scenarios such as this that Cardano developed “Leios and Hydra.”

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He said the proposed Leios upgrade to Cardano’s consensus mechanism could easily address Solana’s scalability challenges.

In September 2024, Hoskinson stated that Leios would make Cardano faster than Solana.

Primarily, the Leios upgrade to Cardano would significantly improve the network’s throughput. It will do this by distinguishing between transaction processing and network consensus.

Charles Hoskinson also spotlighted Hydra, a Cardano scaling protocol that can easily integrate with decentralized apps (DApps) and Layer-2 chains to enable parallel transaction processing.

Notably, the Leios solution to the ongoing Solana challenge has not been released. It is still in development, and there is no scheduled date for its mainnet unveiling.

The little-known fact about Leios is that it is in the hands of a prototype development team and has advanced scaling potential.

Meanwhile, Cardano recently gave insight into Hydra’s potential using a gaming competition.

Hydra performed astonishingly, clearing throughput records via the test. However, the ecosystem is still finalizing and integrating the protocol’s functionality on DApps and L2 chains.

Solana’s Congestion Crisis

Solana suffered massive traffic amid the surprise memecoin launches of TRUMP and MELANIA.

Both memecoins were launched to represent President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. As the hype for the tokens gained traction, it caused significant congestion on the network.

Notably, both tokens received massive adoption even beyond the broader crypto ecosystem. As the adoption grew, Solana’s value soared to an all-time high (ATH) of $294.33.

However, it also highlighted Solana’s subtle infrastructural flaw.

The network is notable for occasional transaction failures, particularly during periods of high network activity, as experienced with the surprise memecoin launch.

Users experience slower transaction confirmations and possibly higher fees during this period.

Some analysts have suggested that these challenges could have impacted trust and the price of Solana. The SOL price has since slipped from its ATH to $242. This slump marks about a 10.37% decline.

Despite this decline, investors remain confident in Solana as trading volume has significantly increased.

SOL’s trading volume jumped by 5.12% to $29.23 billion in the last 24 hours at the time of writing.

Tackling Blockchain Scalability Challenges

Solana’s congestion challenge has again highlighted the need to evolve a lasting solution to blockchain scalability.

Primarily, the performance concerns facing blockchain networks include throughput and latency.

Throughput for context refers to the number of transactions a blockchain network can handle per second. Conversely, latency is the time it takes to confirm and add a transaction to the block.

Beyond Cardano, other Web3 innovators are working on implementing solutions to resolve the scalability challenges in the ecosystem.