Solana’s Alpenglow launches on mainnet, targets 99% faster finality
CoinTelegraph · Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:57:14 GMT
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Solana has deployed Alpenglow, described as its first major consensus upgrade, to mainnet; the upgrade is intended to cut transaction finality time by 99% so transactions settle almost instantly and applications respond more quickly.
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