Solana Votes on Alpenglow Upgrade to Speed Up Block Finality

Solana (SOL) could be on the verge of a major breakthrough. The network’s validators are currently voting on the Alpenglow upgrade, a proposal that would slash block finality from 12.8 seconds to as little as 100–150 milliseconds, bringing near Web2-level performance to the blockchain. Alpenglow: Solana’s Speed Revolution Alpenglow upgrade (SIMD-0326) would replace the existing TowerBFT and Proof-of-History consensus mechanisms with a new protocol called Votor,  “a lightweight, direct-vote-based protocol that finalizes blocks using either a single or dual-round voting process, depending on network conditions”, as per Solana developers. The upgrade promises to dramatically enhance the network’s scalability, resilience,

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