Scaling 101: Solana's Big Risk, Parallel Execution (is overhyped), Gas Limits
I explain sidechains, parallel execution, block size / gas limit, sharding, and the importance of having users run full nodes — and the risks that Solana (and other fast monolithic chains) take in their scaling approach.
Mint the NFT of the diagram here (only open for 24 hours): https://zora.co/collect/eth:0x2f3c7f0...
Vitalik post: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021...
Dankrad post: https://dankradfeist.de/ethereum/2021...
0:00 - intro
0:25 - product vs. engine
3:26 - scaling landscape
3:51 - sidechains
5:58 - client efficiency & parallel execution
9:14 - block size / gas limit
20:51 - users must run nodes!
30:41 - sharding
32:49 - outro
