Anza: Solana will replace the existing SPL Token with p-token, reducing computing overhead by up to 98%

PANews reported on October 21st that Solana's core development team, Anza, announced that developer 0x_febo had proposed Solana's improvement proposal, SIMD-0266, to replace the current SPL Token with a new generation of "p-tokens," enabling heap-free memory allocation, zero-copy data access, and backward compatibility. Officials stated that approximately 10% of block computing units are currently used for token instructions, and p-tokens can reduce CU usage to an extremely low level, freeing up nearly 12% of block space and improving throughput. New instructions include Batch and UnwrapLamports, which optimize common DeFi processes. Auditor Neodyme replayed mainnet transactions and confirmed consistent outputs.