Periods of elevated onchain activity or network congestion, much like the traffic of rush hour that tests a city’s highways, reveal the importance of scalability as blockchains mature for broader adoption. Token launches, airdrops, and market volatility can all trigger bursts of demand that exceed capacity, driving up fees and exposing the limits of infrastructure. From Ethereum’s Layer-2 rollup scaling and mainnet capacity increases to Solana’s integrated, high-throughput approach, blockchains are steadily maturing to meet rising activity. Past congestion events have served as valuable stress tests, revealing how ... (full story)