Solana Aims to Cut Block Time in Half, and You Can Watch It Live | Market Editor's Pick

Solana has begun cutting its block time in half, moving from 400 milliseconds toward 200. The first reduction is set for epoch 1020, within the network’s roughly two-day windows for scheduling changes. Using Anza’s Agave software, Solana will generate a new block about every fifth of a second, with the rollout split into four steps of 50 milliseconds each. Validators can pause the sequence if too many blocks are skipped. Solana’s live tracker at solana.com/200ms showed 96.7% of stake running the required software; 690 validators and 435 million SOL in active stake are behind the upgrade. The token traded near $89 after a 5.8% gain.