Alpenglow is now live on Solana mainnet. ⛰️ Finality just went from ~12.8 seconds to ~150ms. The biggest consensus upgrade in Solana’s history, built by @anza_xyz.

Anza

@anza_xyzOct 21

Alpenglow is live on mainnet-beta ⛰️ 🎉 Solana’s new consensus protocol: finality reduced from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, built by Anza. Why this is important 🧵

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Solana Developers · Oct 21, 2026 · 2:01 PM UTC

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Solana Developers

@solana_devsOct 21

Alpenglow is now live. ⛰️⛰️⛰️

Anza

@anza_xyzOct 21

Alpenglow is live on mainnet-beta ⛰️ 🎉 Solana’s new consensus protocol: finality reduced from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, built by Anza. Why this is important 🧵

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