Starknet’s SNIP-40 Cuts Block Time to 1.5 Seconds

SNIP-40 proposes faster Starknet blocks: 2s to 1.5s, cutting block target L2 gas 30.67% to 1.04B. StorageRead/Write gas rise 33%, max Tx size up 0.9% to 1.11B. Aims to balance congestion detection and UX. Users must update fullnodes or risk out-of-gas errors.