Ethereum Institutional signals support for Ethlabs’ motion to reduce Ethereum block times
The non-profit signaled support for reducing Ethereum block times, citing increasing institutional activity moving onto the smart-contract network.
Institutes back Ethlabs' proposal to cut Ethereum block times, citing rising institutional activity on the network. The non-profit organization stated on X that "making Ethereum faster" is necessary as more institutional presence moves onto the blockchain. Ethlabs published an article on Thursday, quoting 20 DeFi founders in support of EIP-8198, or "Quick Slots," which aims to reduce block times from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
Other blockchains are also exploring block time reduction, such as Zcash, which saw 75% of token holders approve a 25-second block time in August. Solana also reduced its slot time from 400 milliseconds to 350ms in June, with plans to further reduce it to 200ms. EIP-8198 was authored in March and proposed for the Hegotá upgrade on August 6.
Ethlabs is merging the proposal's specifications with the main codebase, investigating potential downstream dependencies to ensure it aligns with Hegotá's scope. Ethereum developers may begin implementing Hegotá in late 2026 following Glamsterdam, a significant scalability and mainnet hardening upgrade.
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