Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, giving an edge over Ethereum

The network's new Transaction V1 format went live Tuesday at approximately 01:00 UTC, according to the Solana Foundation . It raises the maximum amount of data a single transaction can carry to 4,096 bytes from 1,232 bytes.

It could help Solana sharpen its edge over rival networks such as Ethereum. While Solana has always been faster and cheaper, it previously fell behind in one key area: its transactions were strictly hard-capped at 1,232 bytes.

Ethereum, by contrast, has no rigid protocol size limit, allowing developers to execute massive, data-dense applications in a single operation simply by paying a higher transaction fee. And by more than tripling this ceiling to 4,096 bytes, Solana is looking to eliminate this structural bottleneck.