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Solana Wants to Charge by Compute, and Burn What It Collects

A new Solana governance proposal aims to reshape how the network charges for computing resources, penalising wasteful transactions while cutting costs for routine activity and accelerating SO

AnonymousCryptoCompass newsroom
August 25, 2026
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Solana Wants to Charge by Compute, and Burn What It Collects
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A new Solana governance proposal aims to reshape how the network charges for computing resources, penalising wasteful transactions while cutting costs for routine activity and accelerating SOL’s burn rate in the process.

Solana Improvement Document SIMD-0553, authored by Cavey, a researcher at Solana infrastructure firm Temporal, would tie transaction fees to the computing resources each transaction requests rather than applying a flat charge regardless of complexity. The resource fee would be burned rather than paid to validators, removing SOL from circulation.

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