Solana Schedules Alpenglow Upgrade for October 21,…
By Karthik Subramanian

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Solana has scheduled its Alpenglow consensus upgrade for October 21, 2026, targeting a substantial reduction in transaction finality as the blockchain prepares to replace its existing consensus mechanism. Anza, the developer behind Solana's Agave validator client, confirmed the planned mainnet-beta activation on October 13, placing the migration at approximately 14:50 UTC. The Solana Foundation id…