A slot in which the assigned leader validator fails to produce a block, resulting in no entries being added to the ledger for that slot. Slots are skipped when the leader is offline, too slow to produce a block within the time window, or unable to reach other validators. Skipped slots do not increment block height and contribute to a validator's skip rate metric.
Empieza por la explicación más corta y útil antes de profundizar.
A slot in which the assigned leader validator fails to produce a block, resulting in no entries being added to the ledger for that slot. Slots are skipped when the leader is offline, too slow to produce a block within the time window, or unable to reach other validators. Skipped slots do not increment block height and contribute to a validator's skip rate metric.
Usa primero la analogía corta para razonar mejor sobre el término cuando aparezca en código, docs o prompts.
Piensa en esto como un bloque de construcción que conecta una definición aislada con el sistema mayor donde vive.
Ubica el término dentro de la capa de Solana en la que vive para razonar mejor sobre él.
Clusters, nodos, actores de MEV, routing y entornos operativos.
Convierte el término de vocabulario en algo operacional para producto e ingeniería.
Este término desbloquea conceptos adyacentes rápido, así que funciona mejor cuando lo tratas como un punto de conexión y no como una definición aislada.
Usa este bloque compacto cuando quieras dar contexto sólido a un agente o asistente sin volcar toda la página.
Skipped Slot (skipped-slot) Categoría: Red Definición: A slot in which the assigned leader validator fails to produce a block, resulting in no entries being added to the ledger for that slot. Slots are skipped when the leader is offline, too slow to produce a block within the time window, or unable to reach other validators. Skipped slots do not increment block height and contribute to a validator's skip rate metric. Relacionados: Slot, Skip Rate, Calendario de Líderes
Usa contexto del glosario, relaciones entre términos, modelos mentales y builder paths para recibir respuestas estructuradas en vez de output genérico.
Opcional: pega código Anchor, Solana o Rust para que el Copilot mapee primitivas de vuelta al glosario.
El Copilot responderá usando el término actual, conceptos relacionados, modelos mentales y el grafo alrededor del glosario.
Estas ramas muestran qué conceptos toca este término directamente y qué existe una capa más allá de ellos.
A time window during which a designated leader validator can produce a block. Each slot lasts approximately 400 milliseconds. Slots are numbered sequentially from genesis and grouped into epochs of 432,000 slots (~2-3 days). Not every slot produces a block—a skipped slot means the leader was offline or too slow.
The percentage of assigned leader slots in which a validator fails to produce a block, either due to being offline, misconfigured, behind on the fork, or unable to process transactions fast enough. A high skip rate indicates validator unreliability; it reduces staking rewards for both the validator and its delegators because skipped slots produce no block rewards. Solana publishes per-validator skip rates via the `getVoteAccounts` RPC method, and delegators use skip rate as a key signal when selecting validators.
A deterministic mapping of slots to validators for an entire epoch, computed from stake weights. Validators with more stake are assigned proportionally more leader slots. The schedule is derived using a seed from the previous epoch's randomness, so all validators independently compute the same schedule without coordination.
Estos son los siguientes conceptos que vale la pena abrir si quieres que este término tenga más sentido dentro de un workflow real de Solana.
Las entradas del glosario se vuelven útiles cuando están conectadas. Estos enlaces son el camino más corto hacia ideas adyacentes.
A time window during which a designated leader validator can produce a block. Each slot lasts approximately 400 milliseconds. Slots are numbered sequentially from genesis and grouped into epochs of 432,000 slots (~2-3 days). Not every slot produces a block—a skipped slot means the leader was offline or too slow.
The percentage of assigned leader slots in which a validator fails to produce a block, either due to being offline, misconfigured, behind on the fork, or unable to process transactions fast enough. A high skip rate indicates validator unreliability; it reduces staking rewards for both the validator and its delegators because skipped slots produce no block rewards. Solana publishes per-validator skip rates via the `getVoteAccounts` RPC method, and delegators use skip rate as a key signal when selecting validators.
A deterministic mapping of slots to validators for an entire epoch, computed from stake weights. Validators with more stake are assigned proportionally more leader slots. The schedule is derived using a seed from the previous epoch's randomness, so all validators independently compute the same schedule without coordination.
Estas entradas viven junto al término actual y ayudan a que la página se sienta parte de un grafo de conocimiento más amplio en lugar de un callejón sin salida.
Solana's primary production cluster where real SOL and real economic activity occur; the "beta" designation reflects the network's ongoing protocol development despite being fully live since March 2020. It uses the same architecture as other clusters but with real validator stakes, live staking rewards, and permanent on-chain state. All production dApps, tokens, and NFTs exist on Mainnet Beta.
A persistent public Solana cluster intended for application development and testing, running the same software version as Mainnet Beta but with no real economic value. Devnet SOL can be freely airdropped via the CLI or faucet APIs, and the ledger may be reset periodically by Solana Labs. Developers use Devnet to test programs and integrations before deploying to Mainnet Beta.
A public Solana cluster used primarily by the Solana core team and validators to test new software releases, performance benchmarks, and network upgrades under real network conditions before they reach Mainnet Beta. Testnet SOL has no monetary value, and the ledger is reset more frequently than Devnet; it is less suitable for application development and more suited for validator operators validating their infrastructure.
The rate at which a Solana cluster processes and commits transactions; Solana's theoretical maximum exceeds 65,000 TPS due to its parallel execution model, though real-world sustained throughput on Mainnet Beta typically ranges from 2,000–5,000 non-vote TPS under normal load. Vote transactions (used for consensus) make up a significant portion of all on-chain activity and are counted separately. High TPS is enabled by Proof of History timestamps, Sealevel parallel execution, and Gulf Stream mempool-less forwarding.