New Solidity Compiler Released, Built with Zig for Faster Performance

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CFT compliance efforts may gain new tools as a fresh Solidity compiler, oksolc, built with Zig, slashes build times by over 80%. Vitalik Buterin announced the release on September 25 (UTC+8). OKcontract Labs’ Henri said the compiler matches official bytecode while improving liquidity and crypto market efficiency. Internal builds now take 2 minutes instead of 10, and large code updates drop from 700 to 99 seconds.

ME News reports that on September 25 (UTC+8), Vitalik Buterin tweeted that a new Solidity compiler has been released. Henri, co-founder of OKcontract Labs, posted a tweet stating that the new Solidity compiler, oksolc, is now built using Zig and aims to produce the same bytecode as the official compiler, with most contracts running over 5 times faster: internal build times have dropped from approximately 10 minutes to about 2 minutes, and large incremental changes have decreased from around 700 seconds to about 99 seconds. (Source: Foresight News)

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