Anza’s Agave validator client for the Solana blockchain processed a sustained burst of 1.1 million transactions per second in a synthetic single-node test, according to statements from Solana and project contributors on 28 August. The result matches a benchmark reached last year by Jump Crypto’s Firedancer client, ending Firedancer’s sole hold on the record for Solana throughput. The milestone underscores intensifying competition among independent teams building alternative validator software for Solana, which currently relies on its original client. Multiple teams are also rewriting the network’s consensus layer with a target of 100-millisecond finality and are aiming to bring upgraded software to mainnet as early as the first quarter of next year. Running multiple high-performance clients is intended to improve Solana’s resilience and capacity as it seeks to position itself as a low-latency settlement layer for decentralized applications. Performance figures stem from controlled tests using simple token transfers; real-world throughput will depend on network conditions and validator hardware once the new clients are deployed on the live chain.