Solana Launches Alpenglow, Targeting 150ms Transaction Finality
Solana’s Alpenglow consensus upgrade is live on mainnet-beta, replacing TowerBFT. Anza says it cuts finality to roughly 150ms after a 900ms handoff.
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The Solana network is one step closer to traditional finance speeds as the Alpenglow consensus upgrade enters community testing, promising to slash finality times by 100x.
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