Solana Accelerates Block Production by 17% While Maintaining Transaction Throughput
Solana, the high‑performance blockchain that has long marketed itself as a platform capable of processing millions of transactions per second, announced a notable protocol upgrade that trims the duration of each block, or "slot," by roughly 17 percent. The new target slot time is now set at 250 milliseconds, down from the previous 300‑millisecond interval. While this change does not increase the …
Sept. 18, 2026, 6:16 a.m.