Solana Reduces Block Confirmation Time to Enhance Network Speed
- Solana’s mainnet has reduced its block production time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds.
- The change was confirmed by the Solana Foundation and took effect at slot 440,208,000, marking the start of epoch 1019.
- Post-change telemetry recorded a mean slot time of 365.4 ms in epoch 1021, compared to 420.7 ms in epoch 1015.
- The skip rate for slots decreased significantly from 0.438% (epoch 1015) to 0.077% (epoch 1021) with only 331 skipped slots.
- Future upgrades aim for further reductions to 300 ms, then down to 200 ms.
The reduction in slot time is intended to enhance network efficiency and improve confirmation speeds for transactions on Solana’s blockchain, which operates on a fixed period of slots known as epochs.
With the recent changes, Solana achieved a mean slot spacing of 365.4 ms, indicating improved stability and performance as it moves towards its goal of sub-second transaction times.Source
