IOTA Ships Starfish-Speed Consensus Upgrade and Faster Node Sync in Q3 2026

IOTA Foundation published its Q3 2026 progress report on October 13, 2026, confirming that the Starfish-Speed consensus upgrade reached mainnet in September 2026, node synchronization became 2.6 times faster, and Argentina's national organ-transplant authority moved institutional identities onto the IOTA network. The report covers July through September 2026. Starfish-Speed, an upgrade to the Starfish consensus protocol, is now live on mainnet, according to the October 13, 2026 report from IOTA Foundation. When network conditions allow, validators commit a block one round earlier, enabling transactions to reach finality sooner.

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