Solana Counts Down To Alpenglow Upgrade With Faster Finality In Focus

TL;DR: Solana is approaching its planned Alpenglow consensus upgrade, which targets transaction finality of roughly 150 milliseconds — a goal, not a guarantee of live-network performance. Solana’s next big technical change is scheduled for October 21. Alpenglow would replace the network’s existing consensus approach with a redesigned system intended to make transactions final far more […]
Key Takeaways
- TL;DR: Solana is approaching its planned Alpenglow consensus upgrade, which targets transaction finality of roughly 150 milliseconds — a goal, not a guarantee of live-network performance.
- Solana’s next big technical change is scheduled for October 21.
- Alpenglow would replace the network’s existing consensus approach with a redesigned system intended to make transactions final far more […]
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