Solana cuts slot time to 250 ms, but throughput does not increase
- —Target slot time was cut from 300 to 250 ms, four slots per second instead of 3.3
- —Compute and data limits per slot were reduced proportionally, leaving overall throughput nearly unchanged
- —The leader validator's control window shrank from 1.2 to 1 second
- —An epoch of 432,000 slots now lasts about 30 hours instead of 36
Why it matters: Fresher data reduces the risk of failed transactions and slippage, but infrastructure load grows: there are more blocks and less time for offline signatures.
Source: CoinDesk