Solana Cuts Finality to 150 Milliseconds as Alpenglow Goes Live
Solana has switched on Alpenglow, a major overhaul of how the network agrees on its own history. Validators retired the old TowerBFT consensus system at slot 459,653,000, at around 14:00 UTC
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Solana has switched on Alpenglow, a major overhaul of how the network agrees on its own history.
Validators retired the old TowerBFT consensus system at slot 459,653,000, at around 14:00 UTC on Wednesday, according to Anza, the developer that built the upgrade. The switch happened on the live network, with the existing ledger carried forward.
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