Is NEAR Really 300 Times Faster than Ethereum?NEAR Protocol is having a speed moment. In a new feature, Forklog reports that NEAR has halved its block time to 600 milliseconds, delivering ~1.2-second finality—and is aiming next for 200ms blocks. The article quotes NEAR leadership asserting this is ~10× faster than Solana (historically) and ~300× faster than Ethereum finality. That’s a headline-grabber, but what’s under the hood—and how does it stack up across chains that are also evolving fast? Below, we break down NEAR’s 2025 upgrades, compare them with current Ethereum and Solana baselines, and flag what to watch next for builders and users.
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