2026-01-19 12:25:32

Solana is shifting toward a more user-friendly transaction model with gasless mechanisms. Instead of demanding SOL tokens exclusively for network fees, users can now settle fees using various tokens—a flexible approach that opens new possibilities for dapp developers and enhances onboarding experiences. This moves the needle on ecosystem accessibility and gives apps more room to customize fee structures, making blockchain adoption smoother for everyday users.

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LiquidationWatcher

· 1h ago

Damn, finally here. Should have played like this a long time ago.

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YieldHunter

· 13h ago

ngl this "gasless" framing is lowkey misleading... someone's still paying the fees, it's just abstracted away. if you look at the data on actual transaction costs, solana's already dirt cheap—this is more about optics than fundamentals tbh

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ChainWallflower

· 13h ago

Uh... Paying with multiple cryptocurrencies sounds good, but can it really solve the problem of exploding gas fees?

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SerumDegen

· 13h ago

gasless fees are just copium for the real problem—if sol can't scale without hiding the pain, we're just kicking the cascade down the road ngl

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GamefiHarvester

· 13h ago

I searched around and didn't see SOL's price increase, so I'll just talk about this gasless thing for now. Let's wait and see.

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SmartMoneyWallet

· 13h ago

It seems to be lowering the threshold, but what about the underlying capital flow? Multi-token settlement means liquidity fragmentation. In the end, the big players will still hoard SOL, and retail investors are just being cut in a different way.

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SignatureVerifier

· 13h ago

ngl the gasless narrative sounds great until you actually dig into the validator economics here. who's absorbing the margin on token conversion? requires further auditing imo, that's all i'm saying.

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