Solana network upgrade boosts performance by 20%, competing with Ethereum Pectra upgrade

TechFlow, May 10 — According to Coindoo, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko announced that the blockchain's latest v2.2 release delivers a 20% performance improvement. Yakovenko stated this performance leap is equivalent to five times the capacity gains brought by Ethereum's recent upgrades.

Meanwhile, Ethereum has completed its latest upgrade named Pectra, the third major technical milestone since "The Merge," introducing account abstraction, improved validator options, and smarter data handling, making the network more flexible and scalable.