Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150-millisecond finality
Summary
Solana has scheduled the Alpenglow upgrade for October twenty-first. This update will replace the current validator voting mechanism and eliminate vote transactions from blocks, which may significantly impact overall transaction volume metrics despite steady user activity.
The switch will replace Solana’s existing validator voting system, remove vote transactions from blocks and could sharply change headline transaction counts even if user activity stays flat.
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