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Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade set for Oct. 21 mainnet launch
Anza, a Solana software developer, has announced that the Alpenglow consensus protocol will be activated on the mainnet-beta on October 21, around 14:50 UTC. This protocol is intended to replace the existing TowerBFT mechanism, with Anza forecasting a reduction in finality times from several seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds. This mainnet deployment follows successful testing on devnet and testnet, accompanied by thorough validator practice and security reviews.
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