Injective achieves sub-0.6 second block times after mainnet upgrade

Injective is now processing blocks in 0.59 seconds. For a layer-1 blockchain built specifically for financial applications, that’s the kind of speed that turns heads, particularly among traders who lose money every millisecond a transaction sits in limbo. The milestone, reported on July 30, 2026, follows a mainnet upgrade dubbed IIP-665/v1.20.1 that pushed block times consistently below the 0.6-second threshold. A year of incremental speed gains Back in November 2025, the network launched its native EVM mainnet with block times of 0.64 seconds. Then came the April 28, 2026 upgrade, version 1.19.0, which cut block finality from 1.2 seconds down to 0.7 seconds. That’s a 42% reduction in a single update. The latest upgrade also earned backing from major exchanges, with Binance among those supporting the transition. Why sub-second finality matters for finance Derivatives trading, the core use case Injective has been targeting since its inception, operates on razor-thin margins where execution speed directly impacts profitability. The network has now processed over 3 billion on-chain transactions since its launch. Asset tokenization is the other pillar of Injective’s strategy. As more r...