Solana accelerates block production by 17% while keeping transaction capacity unchanged
Solana, the high‑performance blockchain that has positioned itself as a rival to traditional layer‑1 networks, recently announced a significant tweak to its consensus timing. By reducing the target slot duration from the previous 300 milliseconds to just 250 milliseconds, the network now creates blocks roughly 17 percent faster. This change, while seemingly modest on the surface, carries a cascad…
Sept. 18, 2026, 6:16 a.m.