I noticed the performance improvement after the rewrite. Block times dropped from 1 second to under 0.5 seconds. The codebase is cleaner, and the node is more efficient. I can run a full node on a VPS with minimal resources. That’s the benefit of a focused team. Satoshi wrote Bitcoin in C++, but he wasn’t dogmatic about language. Kaspa’s choice of Rust shows they prioritise reliability. If you’re curious about the performance benchmarks, this post has the numbers.