Solana reduced its target slot time to 250 milliseconds from 300 milliseconds on Sept. 18, according to ChainCatcher. The move marks the network’s third speed increase since August, but it does not raise total network throughput because the compute and data each slot can carry were reduced in the same proportion. The change is the third phase of the four-stage SIMD-0525 plan. Under that roadmap, Solana’s slot time has moved from 400 milliseconds at genesis to 350 milliseconds, then 300 milliseconds, and now 250 milliseconds. The final step, a cut to 200 milliseconds, has not yet been assigned a mainnet activation date. That step depends on validator skip rates remaining stable.
Solana lowered its target slot time to 250 milliseconds from 300 milliseconds on Sept. 18, according to ChainCatcher. It was the third speed-up since August.
The adjustment does not increase overall network throughput. That is because the compute and data each slot can carry were reduced on a proportional basis.
Third phase of SIMD-0525
The change forms the third phase of the four-stage SIMD-0525 plan. Solana’s slot time has moved from 400 milliseconds at genesis to 350 milliseconds, then 300 milliseconds, and now 250 milliseconds.
Final step to 200 milliseconds still pending
The last step in the plan would lower slot time to 200 milliseconds. A mainnet activation date has not been set. The condition is that validator skip rates remain stable.
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