Solana completes Alpenglow upgrade. Here’s what it means for users
The new voting system targets settlement in about 150 milliseconds, potentially shortening waits for payments and deposits. Users can keep their existing wallets.
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Summary
- Solana activated its Alpenglow upgrade Wednesday, targeting transaction finality in about 150 milliseconds under normal network conditions, down from several seconds.
- The upgrade allows validators to exchange votes directly and combine them into certificates, enabling blocks to become final after one or two voting rounds.
- Wallets, fees and applications remain unchanged, but network dashboards may show lower transaction totals because validator votes are no longer recorded as blockchain transactions.
