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mev
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Solana's move to 250ms slots holds up on skip rate, but raises vote latency in Asia and South America
Solana cut its slot-time target to 250ms from 400ms, and Solana Foundation data shows skip rates held steady while the p99 MEV-extraction window fell from about three seconds to two, though vote latency rose in Asia and South America.
Solana research backs halving slot times to 200ms, and concedes validators pay for it
Solana's foundation published research backing SIMD-0525, a staged cut in target slot time from 400ms to 200ms, and conceding it would double validator voting costs.