Saga CEO discusses scalability challenges, solutions

Rebecca
Liao
of
Saga
addresses
blockchain
scalability,
citing
Solana’s
challenges
and
the
quest
for
solutions
amid
network
congestion.

As
platforms
like
Solana
grapple
with
congestion
issues,
scalability
remains
a
critical
concern,
prompting
the
search
for
innovative
solutions
to
overcome
challenges.

Liao
provided
insights
into
the
scalability
challenges
blockchain
platforms
such
as
Solana
(SOL)
face.

“Any
monolithic
chain,
whether
it’s
Ethereum,
Solana,
or
any
other
single
chain
in
which
applications
have
to
share
blockspace
with
one
another,
will
face
scalability
issues
once
it
receives
appreciable
traffic,”
Liao
said.
“Congestion
on
Solana,
in
particular,
means
transactions
will
fail,
even
if
the
gas
fees
remain
very
low.”

Liao
clarified
that
Saga
is
a
Layer
1
platform,
enabling
multiple

Layer
1
networks
to
launch
for
horizontal
scalability.
The
CEO
explained
that
each
Chainlet,
the
support
required
to
deploy
a
dedicated
blockchain
within
Saga,
operates
as
an
independent,

proof-of-stake
chain.
Liao
also
pointed
out
Saga’s
costless
transactions
feature,
highlighting
that
end
users
are
not
charged
gas
fees
from
the
protocol.

Liao
attributed

network
congestion
in
existing
blockchain
platforms
to
the
nature
of
monolithic
chains,
explaining
that
they
face
congestion
because
all
their
applications
and
users
are
on
the
same
chain.

“Monolithic
chains
are
subject
to
congestion
because
all
their
applications
and
users
are
crowding
onto
the
same
chain,”
she
said.
“Saga
gives
dedicated
blockspace
to
all
its
applications
and
their
users
from
the
beginning
and
allows
them
to
add
blockspace
at
will
while
maintaining
composability.”

Discussing
Saga’s
potential
influence
on
the
future
of
blockchain
scalability
solutions,
Liao
emphasized
three
critical
aspects:
the
automation
of
full
chains,
cheap
transactions,
and
quick

bridging
between
ecosystems.
She
asserted
that
applications
must
be
built
on
a
base
protocol
incorporating
these
features
for
effective

scalability.

Additionally,
Liao
underscored
Saga’s
innovations
in
optimizing
services
like
RPC
endpoints
and
block
explorers
to
address
chain
congestion,
stressing
the
importance
of
such
optimizations
for
scaling
solutions
from
now
on.