99% In Favor Of Solana Alpenglow Upgrade Lowering TX Finality

Solana’s Alpenglow proposal, which seeks to slash the blockchain’s transaction finality to around 150 milliseconds, is expected to proceed after 99% voted in support of it, with just two days left for voting. 

The Alpenglow consensus protocol was unveiled in May by Anza — a Solana development firm spun out of Solana Labs — and has been described by ecosystem members as the biggest protocol upgrade in Solana’s history. 

It would slash the current finality from 12.8 seconds to just 150 milliseconds, a near 100-fold speed increase that could…