# RSKIP-491 - Reduce target difficulty to lower average block time to 10s (DRAFT)

**URL:** <https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-491-reduce-target-difficulty-to-lower-average-block-time-to-10s-draft/486>\
**Category:** RSKIP\
**Created:** [February 28, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-491-reduce-target-difficulty-to-lower-average-block-time-to-10s-draft/486 "2025-02-28T13:21:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![patogallaiov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@patogallaiov](https://research.rsk.dev/u/patogallaiov)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-491-reduce-target-difficulty-to-lower-average-block-time-to-10s-draft/486/9 "2025-06-17T18:25:39Z")

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Closing this thread in favor of the new proposal: [RSKIP-517](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip517-block-time-centric-difficulty-adjustment-with-uncle-threshold/494)

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