The Solana blockchain network began its phased block time reductions on August 21, 2026, moving to 350 milliseconds, followed by reductions to 300 milliseconds on August 28, 2026, and 250 milliseconds on September 18, 2026

Base blockchains that settle transactions on their own network, such as Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche, competing on security, throughput, decentralization, and developer ecosystems.

Approaches to processing more transactions without sacrificing security or decentralization, spanning rollups, sharding, data compression, and faster consensus designs.