Solana activated Alpenglow, replacing TowerBFT and cutting transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds.
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Onchain data puts the handover at about 13:54 UTC on Wednesday, and the Solana and Anza accounts say finality now takes roughly 150 milliseconds. The post Solana Activates Alpenglow on...
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The new consensus protocol retires TowerBFT, which had run Solana since its 2020 launch, after a handoff on the live network.
Solana’s first major consensus upgrade is targeting 99% finality reduction, seeking to offer users near-immediate transaction settlement and more responsive applications.
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The remittance company said the service will move funds in more than 60 currencies across over 200 countries, with recipients collecting a Solana stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank.
