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Blockchain Scalability Challenges - Blockchains need to evolve beyond simply adding more capacity, focusing on efficient blockspace scheduling and allocation [1] - Current economic security models in many blockchains are overpaid, with resources wasted on producing empty blocks before demand exists [1] - Demand spikes lead to fee spikes, causing user drop-off, as seen with Ethereum NFT mania ($3,000 per transaction) and Bitcoin Ordinals [2] Elastic Scaling Solutions - Cloud infrastructure's elastic scaling, which scales up during demand surges and down when demand decreases, offers a solution for blockchain scalability [2] - Polkadot's execution cores and Agile Coretime allow for real-time reassignment and on-demand renting of blockspace [2] - Elastic scaling enables spinning up a chain for short-term events, similar to cloud computing principles [3] Approaches to Dynamic Blockspace Management - Solana uses dynamic block limits and QUIC/Agave for burst handling [4] - Avalanche subnets allow for spinning up new network space [4] - NEAR Nightshade shards more as traffic increases [4] - Ethereum Layer 2 solutions batch more transactions or compress them better [4]