Ethereum cannot shorten slots today. Slot times are fixed at 12 seconds. Quick Slots (EIP-8198) fixes that. The business case is clear: faster confirmations, fresher onchain prices, and faster finality. Pay the one time cost, reduce slot times to 10 seconds then ratchet lower. With Glamsterdam scaling improvements coming online, maybe it's time to reorient the performance canon towards shorter slots. In this episode of Credible Commitments @barnabemonnot makes the case for Quick Slots inclusion in Hegotá. Full episode links below.

Sep 11, 2026 · 1:01 PM UTC

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Ethereum & the case for Fast Slots

Podcast Episode · Credible Commitments · September 11 · 1h 13m

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Replying to @apriori0x
Learning how to reduce slot times now-- like we did with blobs-- is a great idea. Step 1, turn faster slots into a reliable system, starting with a modest speedup from 12s to 10s. Step 2, dial knob. Steps take years due to hard forks. Strong supporter to do this in Hegota.
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Replying to @apriori0x
shorter slots feels like one of those boring upgrades with massive downstream effects tbh
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12s is brutal
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does this change the confirmation ux for apps, or mostly make infra people happier?
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Replying to @apriori0x
still sitting with the question I had under the original announcement — does moving toward a ratchet-style, ever-shortening slot time make timing-correlation analysis on privacy pools easier or harder over time? more uniform, shorter slots could cut both ways: better UX for legitimate users, but also a tighter window for an observer trying to correlate deposit and withdrawal timing. haven't seen this angle discussed yet.
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Banger
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