Solana Changelog: September 18, 2026
Solana reduced rent to 5080 lamports per byte and slotted time to 250 ms, while launching multiple protocol upgrades and validator improvements.
The Solana Foundation released a suite of updates on September 18 2026, including a rent reduction, slot time cut, and new validator client versions.
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Core protocol upgrade with mainnet deployment and fee reductions.