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Solana Aims to Cut Block Time in Half, and You Can Watch It Live

BeInCrypto Published 21.08.2026 06:34

Solana started halving its block time, taking the first step from 400 milliseconds down toward 200. The first cut lands at epoch 1020, one of the roughly two-day windows the…

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