Current outcome
Solana’s 250ms slot time became effective at epoch 1037 on Sept. 18, according to the Solana engineering changelog and a Solana Compass report that placed the transition at about 05:06 UTC; an early Sept. 20 sample covering 60 one-minute windows observed about 266ms per produced slot, and epoch 1037 skipped about 0.05% of scheduled slots. The source says the more important test is whether leader handoffs, transaction forwarding, repair and multiple validator clients remain reliable as Solana considers a conditional move to 200ms.
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Why Solana’s new 250ms speed boost could actually trigger network instability
Solana’s 250ms slot time became effective at epoch 1037 on Sept. 18, according to the Solana engineering changelog and a Solana Compass report that placed the transition at about 05:06 UTC; an early Sept. 20 sample covering 60 one-minute windows observed about 266ms per produced slot, and epoch 1037 skipped about 0.05% of scheduled slots. The source says the more important test is whether leader handoffs, transaction forwarding, repair and multiple validator clients remain reliable as Solana considers a conditional move to 200ms.
Source evidence: CryptoSlate