Scaling
Anatoly Yakovenko says Solana processed in October a transaction volume equivalent to Ethereum’s entire historical activity, crediting the chain’s single “state machine” design. The claim highlights Solana’s throughput and its approach to running payments, DeFi and apps together on one layer.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said there is a "night and day difference" in the security DeFi users can expect today, arguing that DeFi as a form of savings is now viable. His comments underline progress on scaling and protocol hardening that affect ETH users.
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said the network’s single-layer architecture can process more transactions in a month than Ethereum has in its lifetime, framing SOL’s throughput as a competitive advantage over ETH.
The Ethereum Fusaka hard fork is set for December 3, 2025, aiming to scale the Ethereum blockchain with incremental blob capacity upgrades following the main activation. Testing will occur in October 2025 across multiple public testnets.
The Ethereum Foundation has announced new leadership as the network prepares for the Fusaka upgrade and ambitious scaling plans. These changes signify major enhancements aimed at improving Ethereum's performance and scalability.