Hyperliquid’s next upgrade will increase HIP-4 deployment limits and lower other parameters.

On September 27, PANews reported that Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan said in an announcement on Hyperliquid’s official Discord that the next network upgrade will raise HIP-4 deployment limits and reduce the funding rate cap for perpetual contracts. The upgrade will increase HIP-4 active-result and daily-deployment caps, while lowering the maximum hourly funding rate from 4% to 0.5%.

HIP-4 deployment capacity

The announcement said the HIP-4 changes respond to builder feedback. Each deployer can keep up to 100 active results at the same time before the upgrade. After the upgrade, that simultaneous limit will rise to 200. The daily deployment limit will also increase, from 500 to 1,000.

The higher caps mean a single deployer can keep more HIP-4 results active within the same period, while the protocol continues to apply a daily ceiling. The change raises capacity limits rather than removing them.

Funding rate cap reduction

The network upgrade will also lower the funding rate cap for perpetual contracts from 4% per hour to 0.5% per hour. The announcement said the previous cap was rarely reached in actual trading.

For readers, the change is a parameter adjustment: it sets a lower maximum hourly rate for perpetual contracts. Because the old cap was seldom reached, the practical effect may be limited.

What to watch next

The next network upgrade is the event to watch for the new HIP-4 limits and the reduced funding rate cap. Builders can expect more deployment headroom under HIP-4, while perpetual contract users will see a lower cap applied to the same funding-rate parameter.