Solana Reduces Block Time by 17% While Maintaining Transaction Throughput
Solana, the high‑performance layer‑1 blockchain that has long marketed itself as a fast, low‑cost platform for decentralized applications, has announced a notable tweak to its core consensus parameters. The network is cutting the target slot time—the interval at which a new block is proposed—from its previous setting of roughly 300 milliseconds down to 250 milliseconds, a reduction of about 17 pe…
Sept. 18, 2026, 6:16 a.m.