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#Block production

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Coins•Sep 18, 2026

Ethereum Developers Warn of Potential Attack on Sepolia Testnet

Key Highlights Ethereum developers have flagged a potential attack vector on the Sepolia testnet that could disrupt block production during Glamsterdam upgrade testing, though mainnet user funds remain unaffected. The exploit scenario involves attackers leveraging free Sepolia testnet ETH and one-time builder IDs to win block bids while withholding transaction data, undermining test reliability. Public ...

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Coins•Sep 18, 2026

Solana Accelerates Block Production by 17%, Transaction Capacity Unchanged

Key Highlights Solana reduced its target slot time from 300 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds, accelerating the network clock by approximately 17% without expanding total transaction throughput. The change increases slot frequency to four per second from roughly 3.3, shortening each validator’s leader window from 1.2 seconds to one second and rotating transaction-ordering authority faster. DeFi ...

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