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Solana’s Agave 4.2 goes live: 90% rent cut, 3.3x larger transactions and the road to 200ms slots

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Three feature-gated upgrades began activating on Solana mainnet the week of August 17, including a 90% rent reduction and 3.3-fold larger transactions. The upgrades also introduce staged slot time cuts from 400ms toward 200ms. Together they mark Solana's biggest infrastructure shift since Firedancer reached mainnet.

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