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Ephemeral-rollup execution layer giving Solana apps ~10ms block times and gasless transactions.
MagicBlock is gaining attention for hosting Solana Blitz v8, a week-long hackathon focused on real-time apps and Ephemeral Rollups, with positive community sentiment toward the initiative and the platform's technical contributions.
Solana Blitz v8 A hackathon series for building real-time apps on Solana. This edition runs a full week, from IRL to Online, join the Global Startup Village. Prizes go to projects using Ephemeral Rollups or Private ERs. https://t.co/cX3khfSC6C @magicblock https://t.co/Me2EbnoJsh
@GlobalFolkGames @solana @magicblock Old games deserve new rails. The rules should survive the interface.
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MagicBlock is an execution extension for the Solana network aimed at high-performance decentralized applications that need real-time responsiveness. It runs as a specialized Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) runtime that integrates with Solana's base layer, so programs deployed on Solana are compatible with it down to the bytecode.
Its core mechanism is the ephemeral rollup: short-lived execution environments that process transactions in parallel with Solana's base layer and settle state back to it, rather than fragmenting application state across separate chains. Specialized RPC providers route transactions between the base layer and the rollups.
MagicBlock targets around 10 ms block times, compared with Solana's default 400 ms, alongside near-zero or gasless transactions and horizontal scaling by spinning up additional ephemeral rollups as load grows. It is positioned for uses such as on-chain games and other applications where Solana's default latency and per-transaction cost are limiting factors.
