Faster slot times are coming to Ethereum. Every time you send ETH, swap an asset on a DEX, or deposit funds to an L2, there's a gap between pressing the button and the transaction being processed onchain. Today that wait time is 12 seconds. The upgrade shaves 2 seconds off the top. Sounds small, doesn't it? Two seconds by itself isn't really a revolution. You might not even notice it at first. But those seconds don't operate in isolation. They sit right at the top of a complicated stack. Ethereum has been locked at 12 seconds for years. Every other part of the stack (gas limits, L2 proofs, confirmations) kept improving while the basic clock stayed frozen. Once the software no longer assumes "slots are ALWAYS 12 seconds", later upgrades can shave off more of it without adding more technical debt. That's engineering jargon for teams chasing easy software shortcuts instead of a clean, sustainable solution. The small cut adds up across the network: > You get 6 chances to land a transaction instead of 5. > Onchain prices refresh 20% more often, reducing transaction slippage. > Full block finality drops to 10.7 minutes from 12.8. > Bridges and L2s settle transactions slightly faster than before. The upgrade has no go-live date yet and is tentatively scheduled for the upcoming Hegotá fork, with mainnet expected in Q2 2027.