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CRYPTO · DIGEST · SOLSOL+7.5%Solana speeds up block production

Solana cuts slot time to 350 milliseconds, first reduction since genesis

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Solana activated 350-millisecond slots on mainnet, the first reduction to the parameter since the network’s inception. The cut shortens the block-production window for validators and begins an incremental path toward a 200-millisecond target aimed at reducing network latency.

Sources: Cointelegraph, The Defiant

This article is for information only and is not financial advice.

What the market did

Price reactionnot recorded
Independent outlets2
Reports per hour0.12
Noveltynot recorded
Before the headlinenothing above $100,000,000 in the 60 minutes beforea random hour: 13.1%

Each figure is this site’s own reading, with what it was measured against. A blank is a reading nobody took, not a zero. The before-the-headline window prints the rate a RANDOM hour clears the same bar, because a hit rate without its null is not a finding.

Tags: Solana, network-performance, validators

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