P-token boosts Solana's efficiency and scalability

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P-token is 19x more efficient than Solana’s token program. And its implications for Solana's future are HUGE 👇 To put P-token’s impact into perspective, look at these numbers: 1. 200,000–300,000 new tokens are created EVERY week 2. AND over 650 million token transfers occur EVERY week With P-token, the compute units (CUs) required to execute operations like initializing mints and transferring tokens are reduced by over 95%! Check out these MASSIVE savings: 🌱 Initialize Mint — 105 CUs (down 93% from 2,967) ↔️ Transfer — 79 CUs (down 98% from 4,645) 🔥 Burn — 133 CUs (down 97% from 4,753) These optimizations will lead to key unlocks for the network: ⚡ More block space Token program instructions currently consume ~10% of block-wide CU usage. With P-token, this drops to 0.5%, unlocking 9.5% MORE capacity. 💸 Cheaper transactions Transactions that request fewer CUs cost less to execute, and more of them can be packed into a single block. This means users spend less in fees and enjoy a smoother experience when using on-chain apps. 🧩 Better composability Reducing the CU cost of executing on-chain operations also lowers the cost of integrating with other programs through cross-program invocations (CPIs), improving composability across the entire network. The best part? 🤔 P-token is FULLY backward-compatible with existing SPL tokens — it’s not a new standard, just a smarter implementation. And P-token is just one piece of the larger scaling roadmap: 1️⃣ Doubling blockspace by the end of 2025 2️⃣ Raising per-account CU limits to 40% of a block 3️⃣ Higher CPI limits and larger transaction sizes Solana’s story is only just beginning. To read the full article, click the link in the comments 👇 If you’re building on Solana and need the most scalable, enterprise-ready solutions for reading data and landing transactions, DM us. We’re here to help you build the future of internet capital markets.

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Brady O. Werkheiser

growth @ helius.dev 🔥 solana rpc

2mo

the world isn't ready for p-token + alpenglow + 100m cu blocks solana's speed and throughput is about to go insane

Yves Guillaume A. Messy

Blockchain Advisor, UN Economic Commission for Europe & Guest Lecturer, Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme

2mo

Okay, wow. Added to my weekend reading list 👌

Davis N.

Founder @DeFi Orbit | DeFi Portfolio Manager for Liquidity Providers

2mo

Great article 👏🏼

Yash Agarwal

ceo/co-founder, SendAI | hiring designers | Solana

2mo

the legendary calculator: ptoken.sendai.fun

Will McDonnell

Co-founder & CEO at Yatori | Solana maxi | Programmer

2mo

Super interesting

Interesting update, but a few questions to dig deeper: How does P-token affect CPI limits in complex cross-program invocations? Are there any risks with backward compatibility, especially with legacy SPL instructions and custom implementations? If CU consumption drops sharply, how will this impact fee markets — could it lead to block saturation? If all of this is well thought out — respect. But would love to see more technical depth to understand how production-ready this really is.

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