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A Look Ahead to the Solana Alpenglow Upgrade: Can It Significantly Boost Speed and Challenge Ethereum?
Solana is preparing to launch its largest protocol upgrade to date—Alpenglow—which aims to completely overhaul its consensus layer. The core objective of this upgrade is to significantly reduce transaction finality from the current approximately 12.8 seconds to 100–150 milliseconds, achieving a speed increase of about 100 times.Alpenglow was approved by validators in September 2025, with community testing set to begin in May 2026; mainnet activation is expected in late Q3 or early Q4 of 2026.This article will explore the technical highlights of Alpenglow, its potential impact on Solana’s performance, and compare its transaction speeds with those of Ethereum and its Layer 2 solutions.
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A Look Ahead to the Solana Alpenglow Upgrade: Can It Significantly Boost Speed and Challenge Ethereum?
Solana is preparing to launch its largest protocol upgrade to date—Alpenglow—which aims to completely overhaul its consensus layer. The core objective of this upgrade is to significantly reduce transaction finality from the current approximately 12.8 seconds to 100–150 milliseconds, achieving a speed increase of about 100 times.Alpenglow was approved by validators in September 2025, with community testing set to begin in May 2026; mainnet activation is expected in late Q3 or early Q4 of 2026.This article will explore the technical highlights of Alpenglow, its potential impact on Solana’s performance, and compare its transaction speeds with those of Ethereum and its Layer 2 solutions.
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