Solana Reduces Block Generation Time to 350 Milliseconds, Aiming for 200 Milliseconds Gradually

For the first time since the launch of its network, Solana's mainnet has seen a reduction in block generation time (slot time) from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds. This change was approved in May as a technical proposal known as 'SIMD-0525', and there are plans to further reduce the time to 200 milliseconds in stages. In the Solana network, pre-selected validators take turns acting as 'leaders', bundling transactions into blocks within short time frames known as slots. Each leader is responsible for four consecutive slots, so this change reduces the interval between leader rotations from the previous 1.6 seconds to...