Sub-Second Finality, Faster Than Google

The boldest step yet

Solana has always pitched itself as the blockchain for speed. With Alpenglow, it’s attempting a quantum leap.

Validators have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the upgrade, with almost 99% support across the network. If successfully implemented, Alpenglow is expected to reduce transaction finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to just 100 to 150 milliseconds.

That’s close to a hundred times faster than current speeds and well within the range of internet benchmarks most people take…