galacticcouncil · enthusiastmartin · Sep 17, 2025 · Sep 17, 2025 · Mar 9, 2026 · Apr 7, 2026
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ Prerequisites:
 * Grab `zombienet` utility used to start network from [releases](https://github.com/paritytech/zombienet/releases)
 
 
-```
+```bash
 cd ./launch-configs/zombienet
 zombienet spawn local.json
+
+// Enable 2s blocktime
+node scripts/assign_cores.js
 ```
 
 ### Interaction with the node

diff --git a/launch-configs/zombienet/local.json b/launch-configs/zombienet/local.json
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
         "patch": {
           "configuration": {
             "config": {
+				"scheduler_params": {
+					"num_cores": 3
+				},
 				"async_backing_params": {
-					"max_candidate_depth": 3,
+					"max_candidate_depth": 6,
 					"allowed_ancestry_len": 2
 				}
             }
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@
       {
         "name": "alice",
         "ws_port": 9944,
+        "rpc_port": 9945,
         "validator": true
       },
       {

diff --git a/node/src/service.rs b/node/src/service.rs
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ fn start_consensus(
 		para_id,
 		proposer,
 		collator_service,
-		authoring_duration: Duration::from_millis(1500),
+		authoring_duration: Duration::from_millis(2000),
 		reinitialize: false,
 		slot_offset: Duration::from_secs(1),
 		block_import_handle,

diff --git a/primitives/Cargo.toml b/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "primitives"
-version = "6.7.0"
+version = "6.7.1"
 authors = ["GalacticCouncil"]
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/galacticcouncil/Basilisk-node"

diff --git a/primitives/src/constants.rs b/primitives/src/constants.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ pub mod time {
 	/// up by `pallet_aura` to implement `fn slot_duration()`.
 	///
 	/// Change this to adjust the block time.
-	pub const MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK: u64 = 6000;
-	pub const SLOT_DURATION: u64 = MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK;
+	pub const MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK: u64 = 2000;
+
+	// The slot duration determines the length of each author's turn and is decoupled from the block
+	// production interval. During their slot, authors are allowed to produce multiple blocks. **The
+	// slot duration is required to be at least 6s (same as on the relay chain).**
+	pub const SLOT_DURATION: u64 = 6000;
 
 	// Time is measured by number of blocks.
 	pub const MINUTES: BlockNumber = 60_000 / (MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK as BlockNumber);
@@ -75,9 +79,9 @@ pub mod chain {
 	/// Minimum pool liquidity
 	pub const MIN_POOL_LIQUIDITY: Balance = 1000;
 
-	/// We allow for 2 seconds of compute with a 6 second average block.
+	/// We allow for 1.5 seconds of compute with a 2 second average block.
 	pub const MAXIMUM_BLOCK_WEIGHT: Weight = Weight::from_parts(
-		WEIGHT_REF_TIME_PER_SECOND.saturating_mul(2),
+		WEIGHT_REF_TIME_PER_SECOND.saturating_mul(3).saturating_div(2),
 		polkadot_primitives::v8::MAX_POV_SIZE as u64,
 	);
 
@@ -96,10 +100,10 @@ mod tests {
 		assert_eq!(DAYS / 24, HOURS);
 		// 60 minuts in an hour
 		assert_eq!(HOURS / 60, MINUTES);
-		// 1 minute = 60s = 10 blocks 6s each
-		assert_eq!(MINUTES, 10);
-		// 6s per block
-		assert_eq!(SECS_PER_BLOCK, 6);
+		// 1 minute = 60s = 10 blocks 2s each
+		assert_eq!(MINUTES, 30);
+		// 2s per block
+		assert_eq!(SECS_PER_BLOCK, 2);
 		// 1s = 1000ms
 		assert_eq!(MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK / 1000, SECS_PER_BLOCK);
 		// Extra check for epoch time because changing it bricks the block production and requires regenesis

diff --git a/runtime/basilisk/Cargo.toml b/runtime/basilisk/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "basilisk-runtime"
-version = "132.0.0"
+version = "133.0.0"
 authors = ["GalacticCouncil"]
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://github.com/galacticcouncil/Basilisk-node"

diff --git a/runtime/basilisk/src/lib.rs b/runtime/basilisk/src/lib.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	spec_name: Cow::Borrowed("basilisk"),
 	impl_name: Cow::Borrowed("basilisk"),
 	authoring_version: 1,
-	spec_version: 132,
+	spec_version: 133,
 	impl_version: 0,
 	apis: apis::RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
 	transaction_version: 1,

diff --git a/runtime/basilisk/src/system.rs b/runtime/basilisk/src/system.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub const NORMAL_DISPATCH_RATIO: Perbill = Perbill::from_percent(75);
 pub const DEFAULT_RELAY_PARENT_OFFSET: u32 = 1;
 /// How many parachain blocks are processed by the relay chain per parent. Limits the number of
 /// blocks authored per slot.
-pub const BLOCK_PROCESSING_VELOCITY: u32 = 1;
+pub const BLOCK_PROCESSING_VELOCITY: u32 = 3;
 /// Maximum number of blocks simultaneously accepted by the Runtime, not yet included into the
 /// relay chain.
 pub const UNINCLUDED_SEGMENT_CAPACITY: u32 = (3 + DEFAULT_RELAY_PARENT_OFFSET) * BLOCK_PROCESSING_VELOCITY;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl pallet_timestamp::Config for Runtime {
 	/// A timestamp: milliseconds since the unix epoch.
 	type Moment = u64;
 	type OnTimestampSet = ();
-	type MinimumPeriod = ConstU64<{ SLOT_DURATION / 2 }>;
+	type MinimumPeriod = ConstU64<0>;
 	type WeightInfo = weights::pallet_timestamp::BasiliskWeight<Runtime>;
 }
 
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ impl pallet_transaction_pause::Config for Runtime {
 }
 
 parameter_types! {
-	pub const RewardPerCollator: Balance = 15_240_000_000_000_000; // 6.35[BSX/block] * 2400[block]
+	pub const RewardPerCollator: Balance = 15_240_000_000_000_000; // fixed reward per session
 	//GalacticCouncil collators
 	pub ExcludedCollators: Vec<AccountId> = vec![
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