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Solana Prepares for Major Network Speed Upgrade
Solana will transition to the Alpenglow consensus mechanism on October 21, aiming to reduce transaction finality to 150 milliseconds.
October 15, 2026, 03:07 PM·Decrypt
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Solana Schedules Alpenglow Upgrade to Boost Transaction Speed
Solana will implement the Alpenglow upgrade on October 21, aiming to reduce transaction finality to 150 milliseconds through a new consensus protocol.
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Solana Prepares for Alpenglow Consensus Upgrade
Solana will launch its Alpenglow consensus upgrade on October 21, 2026, aiming to reduce network finality to 150ms by moving voting processes off-chain.
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Grid Database Replaces Raft with Kuramoto-Based ORCHID Protocol
Grid introduces the ORCHID consensus protocol, utilizing the Kuramoto model to manage distributed SQL database consistency without traditional leader election.
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Solana Testnet Achieves 54ms Finalization With Alpenglow
Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade has reached a 54ms median finalization time on testnet, significantly outpacing its design targets ahead of the planned mainnet release.
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Ethereum Researchers Propose Decoupled Consensus to Accelerate Finality
Ethereum researchers have formally verified a protocol model that decouples finality from block production, aiming to reduce transaction confirmation times from 16 minutes to seconds.
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Solana Begins Testing Alpenglow Consensus Upgrade
The Solana network has begun testing the Alpenglow consensus mechanism, which aims to reduce block finalization time to 150 milliseconds.
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