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Solana cuts block time to 250 ms, speeding up but not increasing transaction capacity.

Protocol Fundamentals
19 Sep 2026
Cointribune
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Solana cuts block time to 250 ms, speeding up but not increasing transaction capacity.

Solana has reduced its block time from 300 to 250 milliseconds, marking the third reduction since August 2026 as part of the SIMD-0525 plan. This 17% faster block production means blocks arrive more frequently but carry proportionally less data, so overall transaction capacity remains unchanged. The update benefits applications needing fresh data, like oracles, and shortens network epochs, speeding up staking rewards. Despite no capacity increase, Solana reported a record 5 billion monthly transactions, highlighting the need for future upgrades like the Alpenglow project to boost actual processing power.

Solana trades at Rp1.966.217 on Pluang as of Sep 20, 2026 01:21 WIB, down 1.19% in one day. The market cap stands at Rp1.167,36 trillion with a 24-hour volume of Rp62,78 trillion. Pluang users show 77% sell and 23% buy activity, holding SOL typically for 70 days.

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