Solana has activated its first major consensus upgrade, Alpenglow, on mainnet on Wednesday at approximately 1:54 pm UTC, according to the Solana Foundation’s Alpenglow activation dashboard at...
Alpenglow will replace the voting system Solana has used since 2020, targeting roughly 150-millisecond finality after months of testing that included a failed migration and rollback.
Solana’s first major consensus upgrade is targeting 99% finality reduction, seeking to offer users near-immediate transaction settlement and more responsive applications.
Solana activates its Alpenglow upgrade today, targeting 150ms transaction finality by replacing TowerBFT with the new Votor consensus protocol.
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