Solana's Alpenglow upgrade goes live on devnet and testnet
- —Alpenglow went live on devnet on Sept. 25, a day after the testnet transition
- —Target finality is roughly 150 milliseconds versus the current 12.8 seconds
- —Validators will exchange votes directly instead of recording them in blocks
- —No mainnet launch date is set; the speed figure comes from simulations
Why it matters: Faster finality could cut delays for exchanges and payment apps, but the impact will only materialize once the upgrade hits mainnet.
Source: CoinDesk