Solana lowered its target slot time from 300 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds on Sept. 18, marking the network’s third speed increase since August. The change does not raise overall network throughput because the compute and data capacity available in each slot was reduced proportionally. The adjustment represents the third phase of the four-stage SIMD-0525 plan. Under that roadmap, Solana’s slot time has moved down from 400 milliseconds at genesis to 350 milliseconds, then 300 milliseconds, and now 250 milliseconds. The final step, a reduction to 200 milliseconds, has not yet received a confirmed mainnet activation date. According to the update, that last move depends on validator skip rates remaining stable.
Solana reduced its target slot time from 300 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds on Sept. 18, the third speed increase since August.
What changed
The network’s overall throughput did not increase because the compute and data capacity available in each slot was reduced in proportion to the shorter slot time.
SIMD-0525 roadmap
The adjustment is the third phase of the four-stage SIMD-0525 plan. Solana’s slot time has now moved from 400 milliseconds at genesis to 350 milliseconds, then 300 milliseconds, and now 250 milliseconds.
The final step, a cut to 200 milliseconds, does not yet have a confirmed mainnet activation date. That move depends on validator skip rates remaining stable.
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