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Solana’s Network Acceleration Push Brings 12.5% Faster Slot Times and Moves

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TL;DR: Solana reduced its slot times from 400 ms to 350 ms on mainnet, with the change set to take effect at epoch 1020 on August 21, 2026. The testnet already records slot times of 182 ms, with an average of 193 ms over the last hour, vali…

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Solana’s Network Acceleration Push Brings 12.5% Faster Slot Times and Moves
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Solana’s Network Acceleration Push Brings 12.5% Faster Slot Times and Moves

TL;DR: Solana reduced its slot times from 400 ms to 350 ms on mainnet, with the change set to take effect at epoch 1020 on August 21, 2026. The testnet already records slot times of 182 ms, with an average of 193 ms over the last hour, vali…