Increase Slow Transactions Strategy for Your Token
Slow transactions can cripple a token's user experience and growth. This guide provides a concrete strategy to identify bottlenecks, implement technical fixes, and structure your token for optimal speed on Solana. We cover priority fees, RPC optimization, and token standard choices that directly impact performance.
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The Problem
Traditional solutions are complex, time-consuming, and often require technical expertise.
The Solution
Spawned provides an AI-powered platform that makes building fast, simple, and accessible to everyone.
The Verdict on Fixing Slow Transactions
A clear, actionable plan beats generic advice.
The most effective strategy to increase slow transactions is a multi-layered approach: technical optimization for your token's contract and user education for your community. Focusing only on the contract ignores the reality that most transaction failures happen on the user's end due to poor RPC configuration. Our recommended action plan combines setting a small, smart priority fee (0.000005 - 0.00001 SOL), providing a curated list of reliable private RPCs to your community, and using a launchpad like Spawned that bakes holder rewards into a streamlined contract, avoiding the slowdowns of manual reward distribution systems.
Why Slow Transactions Kill Token Momentum
When users experience failed buys or 30-second confirmation times, they don't blame the network—they blame your token. This erodes trust instantly. A token with a 5% transaction tax that also runs a complex reflection reward system can see transaction compute units (CUs) spike, increasing costs and failure rates during congestion. Each failed transaction is a potential holder lost. The goal isn't just raw speed, but consistent, predictable transaction success. This is especially critical for tokens related to fast-paced niches like gaming. For example, a gaming token on Solana needs instant swaps for in-game items; delays break the experience.
Step 1: Diagnose Your Slowdown Source
Before applying fixes, identify the bottleneck. Is it the network, your token's code, or your users' setup?
- Network Congestion: Check Solana status pages. If TPS is high (>3000) and slot times are increasing, it's network-wide. Your fix is priority fees.
- RPC Issues: Are your users on public RPCs (like the default Phantom endpoint)? These get rate-limited. The fix is providing better RPC endpoints.
- Token Contract Complexity: Does your token have a multi-function tax (e.g., 2% marketing, 3% rewards, 1% liquidity) processed in one transaction? Complex logic uses more CUs. Simplify or use a standard like Token-2022 with built-in transfer hooks.
- Wallet Configuration: Some users have low fee settings or old software. The fix is clear setup guides.
Step 2: Technical Implementation Steps
Here is the exact sequence to implement for your token, especially if launching or relaunching.
Spawned's Built-In Speed vs. A Manual Approach
How does using a launchpad with speed in mind compare to building everything yourself?
| Feature | Spawned Launchpad | Manual/Generic Launchpad |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction Fee Structure | Flat 0.60% fee (0.30% creator, 0.30% holders) processed efficiently via Token-2022. | Often custom, complex taxes (e.g., 8% with 4-way splits) that increase compute units and fail more often. |
| Holder Reward Distribution | Automatic, on-chain with each trade. No slow, separate claiming transactions. | Often requires manual claims or complex reflection, creating network spam and slow user experiences. |
| Post-Launch Fees | 1% perpetual fee after graduation, using optimized Token-2022 hooks. | Often undefined or implemented via inefficient custom contracts. |
| User Onboarding | AI website builder creates clear guides for holders on RPCs and settings. | Creator must build education from scratch, leading to user errors and slow TXs. |
Launching on Spawned addresses the slow transaction problem at the architectural level, saving you from retrofitting fixes later.
Step 3: Ongoing Monitoring & Community Management
Your work isn't done after launch. Maintain speed with these actions.
- Monitor Average Transaction Time: Use explorers to track your token's typical confirmation time. Alert your community if network-wide issues arise.
- Update RPC Recommendations: As RPC services change, update the links on your project's website. The Spawned AI site builder makes this easy to edit.
- Educate on Wallet Settings: Regularly share graphics or simple posts showing how to adjust priority fee settings in Phantom or Solflare.
- Consider a Relaunch for Severe Issues: If your token's contract is fundamentally slow due to poor initial design, a relaunch on an optimized platform may be the best long-term strategy for holder retention.
Launch a Token Built for Speed
Don't let slow transactions define your project's reputation. Spawned provides the infrastructure for fast, reliable tokens from day one. With an optimized fee structure, automatic rewards that don't clog the network, and tools to educate your community, you solve the speed problem before your first holder complains.
Launch your optimized token in minutes for 0.1 SOL. Start your launch now and use the AI website builder to immediately create guides that help your holders avoid slow transactions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The biggest cause is users relying on default, public RPC endpoints provided by wallets. These endpoints are free but get overloaded and rate-limited, causing timeouts and failures. Educating your community to use a private RPC is the highest-impact fix you can implement immediately.
Start with a micro-priority fee of 0.000005 SOL (5,000 lamports). This is enough to jump ahead of most non-priority transactions without significantly impacting trading costs. During extreme network congestion, you may advise temporarily increasing this to 0.00001 SOL. Never set it to zero if you want reliable transactions.
It can. A tax itself isn't slow, but the complexity of calculating and distributing it can be. A token with a 10% tax that splits funds to 5 different wallets in one transaction uses more compute units than a token with a simple 10% tax sent to one wallet. Efficiency in contract design matters more than the tax percentage alone.
You can implement user-side fixes (like RPC guides and priority fee advice) at any time. However, if the slowness is baked into your token's smart contract logic (like an inefficient reward mechanism), your options are limited. You may need to promote a migration or relaunch to a new, optimized contract. This is why choosing an efficient launchpad from the start is critical.
It improves it. Spawned's 0.30% holder reward is distributed automatically on-chain as part of the trade transaction using Solana's Token-2022 standard. This is far more efficient than older "reflection" systems or manual claim processes, which require separate, slow transactions for each holder. Our model is designed for minimal compute unit usage.
No. Solana is designed for high throughput (thousands of transactions per second). Perceived slowness is usually due to specific conditions: global network congestion (when demand exceeds supply of compute), poorly configured user RPCs, or inefficient smart contracts. During normal conditions, transactions confirm in under 2 seconds.
Other chains have different trade-offs. While Solana can experience congestion, its fees remain cents. Ethereum Layer 2s like Base offer consistency but for different use cases. Consider your community and token purpose. For example, [launching a gaming token on Base](/use-cases/token/how-to-create-gaming-token-on-base) integrates with the Ethereum ecosystem, while Solana offers raw speed and lower cost at scale. Spawned's strategy equips you to maximize Solana's speed advantages.
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