According to CoinMeta, co-founder Toly responded to a discussion by co-founder David Hoffman regarding blockchain resource requirements, presenting test results: the mainnet's full nodes were able to catch up with the latest block and participate in voting in just 10 seconds, using less than the computing power of a single tablet core and connecting over a 5G network. This process included parallel compilation and initial snapshot synchronization. Toly stated in 2023 that the cost of operating Solana and the volume of transactions it processed were superior to the sum of all EVM chains. At that time, David Hoffman pointed out that Solana had not yet fully attempted to lower the operational barriers for nodes, emphasizing that reducing resource requirements is an important cultural aspect for the long-term operation of blockchain systems.