The strongest available evidence is the validated PANews article, which specifically states that Pavel Durov said TON's processing speed improved about 10x, with block generation 6x faster and sub-second transaction confirmation, and that lower fees are the next target. This matches the user's statement closely. PANews also cites a specific original X post by Durov (https://x.com/durov/status/2042247948147241072), which increases plausibility, but that primary source could not be fetched directly in this run. Additional corroboration attempts through X search, web search, and the provided BlockBeats link did not yield usable evidence. So the claim is supported by one validated secondary source pointing to an apparent primary source, but lacks direct primary-source verification here.