Solana Anza activates first storage-cost feature gate
Anza confirms first of five feature gates live, cutting token-account storage costs 90% for stablecoin and payment use cases.
Anza, Solana’s core development team, confirmed that the first of five planned feature gates went live on 28 August 2026, cutting on-chain storage costs for token accounts by 90%.
Instruments
The change targets rent-exempt token accounts, the dominant storage item for stablecoin and payment applications that have become Solana’s fastest-growing use cases.
Legal / ownership split
No ownership or legal split is disclosed; the gate is a protocol-level parameter change executed by the validator set.
Named figures
Anza is the named protocol team that announced the activation.
Unknowns
The remaining four feature gates and their activation schedule are not stated. Exact percentage impact on total network fees or user counts is not provided.