According to CoinMeta, the Stellar ( XLM ) blockchain network officially broke the historical transaction speed record, reaching 217.4 transactions per second ( TPS ), surpassing the previous record of 211 TPS. According to data from the analysis tracker Chainspect, this peak was achieved within a 100-block window, mainly due to real institutional capital inflows, rather than artificial stress testing. The main technical driver behind this record is the upgrade of Protocol 28 (Adapter) activated in mid-September, which introduced an accelerated consensus mechanism that allows verifiers to start voting before the entire batch of transactions is delivered, thereby eliminating minor delays during peak demand periods.