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TRX Solana reduces slot target time from 400ms to 250ms
Solana News reports that Solana is now producing slots with a 250ms target, down from 400ms, and that it studied the effects using direct on-chain measures.
Why “Confirmed”
- Published by a primary source: Solana News
1 independent source groups across 1 posts · evidence score 90/100. How labels work
Market around the story
| Asset | Price at first report | 6h before | 1h before | 1h after | 6h after | 1h move vs normal | 24h volume vs median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOL | $118.02 | −0.28% | −1.5% ! | +0.57% | +0.64% | 1.0σ | 1.2× |
Returns are measured from the moment the story first appeared. “vs normal” compares the move with the asset's typical hourly move over the previous 30 days.
What the sources claim
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Solana is now producing slots with a 250ms target, reduced from 400ms. SOL
“Solana is now producing slots with a 250ms target, going down from 400ms.”
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The effects of the slot time reduction were studied based on direct on-chain measures. SOL
“we study the effects of this reduction based on direct on-chain measures”
Solana News
Sources
Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-09-29 18:20 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.