Solana Set for Major Overhaul After 98% Votes to Approve Historic 'Alpenglow' Upgrade

The Solana community voted overwhelmingly in favor of the long-awaited Alpenglow upgrade, bringing the network one step closer to the most significant technical transformation in its ￰0￱ to Solana Status on X on Monday, 98.27% of SOL stakers that voted approved the proposal, with only 1.05% voting against and 0.36% ￰1￱ total, 52% of the network’s stakers participated in the ￰2￱ upgrade introduces a new consensus protocol designed to dramatically improve transaction finality and network ￰3￱ the heart of Alpenglow are two new components, Votor and Rotor, which will replace Solana’s existing systems, Proof-of-History and ￰4￱ more: What Is Block Finality?

Currently, Proof-of-History timestamps transactions to preserve their order without slowing the network, while TowerBFT handles the voting process among validators. Alpenglow’s enhancements will overhaul both ￰5￱ will slash transaction finality times from over 12 seconds to around 150 milliseconds, delivering near-instant confirmation for users. Rotor, scheduled for a later rollout, will minimize data transfers between validators, a crucial improvement for high-demand applications such as decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain-based ￰6￱ the approval secured, Solana now prepares to implement the upgrade, a milestone expected to unlock greater speed, resilience, and scalability across its ￰7￱ more: Solana Targets Near-Instant Finality as Alpenglow Upgrade Heads to Vote