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Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150ms finality

Multiple posts report that Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is scheduled for October 21, replacing the existing validator voting system and targeting 150-millisecond finality. CoinDesk and Decrypt state the switch removes vote transactions from blocks, which could sharply change headline transaction counts even if user activity stays flat. The Defiant reports validators and block-data providers face software changes before the switch, and a community post says the migration takes one slot after 18 months of work.

Why “Unverified”

  • 3 independent sources (The Defiant, CoinDesk, Decrypt), but no primary confirmation

3 independent source groups across 5 posts · evidence score 92/100. How labels work

Market around the story

AssetPrice at first report6h before1h before1h after6h after1h move vs normal24h volume vs median
SOL $107.49 −0.12% +0.74% −0.25% −0.41% 0.4σ 1.2×

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What the sources claim

  1. Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is set for October 21 and targets 150-millisecond finality. SOL

    “Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150-millisecond finality”
    CoinDesk

  2. The Alpenglow upgrade replaces the TowerBFT voting system and cuts finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms. SOL

    “replaces the TowerBFT voting system on October 21, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms”
    Decrypt

  3. Validators and block-data providers face software changes before the Alpenglow switch. SOL

    “validators and block-data providers face software changes before the switch”
    The Defiant

  4. Alpenglow activates on Solana mainnet-beta on Wednesday, October 21 at approximately 14:50 UTC. SOL

    “Anza rolls out the new consensus protocol on mainnet-beta Wednesday, October 21 at \~14:50 UTC”
    r/solana

  5. Alpenglow is coming next week and slashes Solana finality from 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds. SOL

    “Alpenglow is coming next week, slashing Solana finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of about 150 milliseconds”
    Decrypt

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