Solana accelerates block production by 17% while keeping transaction capacity unchanged
Solana has announced a significant adjustment to its block‑generation cadence, reducing the target slot time by roughly 17 percent. The new target slot interval is now 250 milliseconds, down from the previous 300 milliseconds. While this change means that blocks will be produced more frequently, the overall transaction capacity of the network remains unchanged. In other words, the same number of …
Sept. 18, 2026, 6:16 a.m.