Solana doubles block production speed to 200ms as network prepares for Alpenglow upgrade
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Solana has doubled its targeted block-production frequency after activating 200-millisecond slots on mainnet, completing a months-long effort to accelerate the blockchain. The Oct. 9 upgrade reduces Solana's original 400-millisecond slot target by half, allowing the network to create five block-production opportunities per second instead of 2.5. It also shortens the time required to complete a network epoch to approximately 24 hours from 48 hours. Anza, the developer behind Solana's Agave validator client, confirmed the activation , declaring that the SIMD-0525 upgrade had been completed. “Blocks land twice as often as they did at genesis.
Source: CryptoSlate
