Solana Halves Block Time to 0.21 Seconds With No Network Outage
- —Slot target moved from 400 ms to 200 ms in four steps: Aug. 21, Aug. 28, Sept. 18 and Oct. 9
- —Network now produces about 407,000 blocks per day, up from 206,000
- —Skipped slots dropped from 0.23% to 0.05%, with the longest gap under 5 seconds
- —Staking rewards now arrive every 26 hours instead of 51, with the annual rate unchanged
Why it matters: Faster finality cuts latency for traders and DeFi, but Bitquery data shows sniping and sandwich bots kept pace despite the shorter blocks.
Source: Blockonomi