Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko demonstrated that a full Solana mainnet node can run on less than a single CPU core of a tablet, connecting over a 5G network and syncing to the latest on-chain block in just 10 seconds. The demonstration included parallel compilation and initial snapshot sync before the node began participating in voting. The response addressed Bankless co-founder David Hoffman's earlier critique that Solana had not done enough to lower the barrier to running a node. Hoffman argued that reducing resource requirements is essential for long-term blockchain sustainability. In 2023, Yakovenko had stated that running Solana would cost less than all EVM chains combined while processing more transactions than those chains collectively.