Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same

The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot.

• Solana reduced its target slot time to 250 milliseconds from 300 milliseconds, giving applications faster network updates and potentially reducing failed or poorly priced trades.
• The nearly 17 percent speed increase does not raise overall transaction capacity because each slot is permitted to carry proportionally less computation and data.
• The change shortens epochs to about 30 hours and leaves less time for offline signing and delayed approvals, while a proposed reduction to 200 milliseconds has no mainnet date.

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