Solana Rolls Out Network Update to Address Congestion Problems

• Solana network update v1.17.31 rolled out to address congestion issues • Anza team released initial fixes, with more updates to come in v1.18 • Congestion likely due to factors like meme coin trading, mining protocol, infrastructure exploits • Update focuses on improving fee collection and transaction prioritization • One-third of validators updated so far; full impact not yet known