Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade to Cut Network Finality to 150 Milliseconds Goes Live Today

TL;DR Faster Settlement : Solana is activating a new consensus system that aims to reduce transaction finality from roughly six seconds to 150 milliseconds by moving validator voting off-chain. Validator Savings : Alpenglow removes daily voting fees, replacing them with a fixed validator admission ticket priced at 0.8 SOL per epoch. Tested Before Launch : Development included multiple testnet resets, and one failed migration that was rolled back. A later successful migration cleared the way for activation at the start of epoch 1064. Solana is activating Alpenglow on Wednesday, introducing a major change to how the network reaches transaction finality . The upgrade aims to reduce settlement times from roughly 6 seconds to just 150 milliseconds by changing how validators communicate and confirm transactions.

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