Solana activates 200ms slots, doubling block output ahead of Alpenglow
- —Target slot time cut from 400ms to 200ms, lifting block production to five per second
- —Epoch length shortened from 48 hours to roughly 24 hours
- —Per-slot compute budgets were reduced proportionally, so per-second capacity is unchanged
- —Alpenglow, targeting ~150ms finality, has no scheduled mainnet activation
Why it matters: The upgrade speeds up order-book and price refreshes for market makers without expanding throughput; attention now turns to Alpenglow's mainnet timing.
Source: BitcoinWorld