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Solana’s Alpenglow, its biggest network overhaul since 2020, goes live Wednesday

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Briefings

Solana is implementing a major network upgrade called Alpenglow, replacing its existing voting system. This overhaul aims to achieve roughly 150-millisecond finality following extensive testing that included a failed migration and subsequent rollback.

Key points

• Alpenglow replaces Solana's voting system that has been in use since 2020.
• The upgrade targets approximately 150-millisecond finality after months of testing.

Context

This network overhaul represents the biggest change to Solana's architecture since 2020, addressing critical performance bottlenecks identified during the testing phase.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to the specific technical details of the voting system replacement and finality targets. No data on migration failure specifics, rollback reasons, or broader network impact metrics is provided.

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