SIMD-0525-3
Slot Time → 250ms
Slot time step 3 of 4: a block every 250ms, down from 300ms — faster confirmations for everything on Solana.
Slot Time → 250ms is active on Solana mainnet since epoch 1036 — activated 5 weeks ago.
- mainnet
- active since epoch 1036 · 5 weeks ago
- testnet
- active since epoch 1004 · ≈ 2 months ago
- devnet
- active since epoch 1123 · ≈ 2 months ago
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