Solana Sets a Date for Its Next Major Upgrade
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade replaces the TowerBFT voting system on October 21, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms and pulling vote transactions out of blocks entirely.
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Solana Sets a Date for Its Next Major Upgrade
Grand Herald dollar-liquidity note (2026-10-14): Solana's Alpenglow upgrade replaces the TowerBFT voting system on October 21, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms and pulling vote… Primary source: original at Decrypt (decrypt.co).