Solana just made its mainnet faster ⚡
The network has officially reduced its target slot time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds, marking the first reduction since Solana launched. The change went live through a mainnet upgrade on Friday and is designed to reduce the time between blocks and improve transaction confirmation latency.
This is the first step in a larger roadmap. The upgrade proposal calls for three additional 50-millisecond reductions, eventually bringing Solana's target slot time down to 200 milliseconds. The next planned milestone is 300 milliseconds, although developers haven't announced when that change will activate.
One important detail: faster slots don't automatically mean 12.5% more transactions per second. The upgrade also adjusts per-slot work limits, so the primary goal is lower latency rather than simply increasing total throughput.
That could still matter a lot for trading, payments and other applications where milliseconds count. If the network handles the transition smoothly, Solana will be operating on a much faster rhythm than it has since launch. 🚀
The network has officially reduced its target slot time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds, marking the first reduction since Solana launched. The change went live through a mainnet upgrade on Friday and is designed to reduce the time between blocks and improve transaction confirmation latency.
This is the first step in a larger roadmap. The upgrade proposal calls for three additional 50-millisecond reductions, eventually bringing Solana's target slot time down to 200 milliseconds. The next planned milestone is 300 milliseconds, although developers haven't announced when that change will activate.
One important detail: faster slots don't automatically mean 12.5% more transactions per second. The upgrade also adjusts per-slot work limits, so the primary goal is lower latency rather than simply increasing total throughput.
That could still matter a lot for trading, payments and other applications where milliseconds count. If the network handles the transition smoothly, Solana will be operating on a much faster rhythm than it has since launch. 🚀
