Wednesday · Oct 21, 2026 · Evening Digest · crypto
Solana activates Alpenglow consensus upgrade
The Votor phase replaced the TowerBFT voting system at epoch 1064 and targets finality of about 150 milliseconds. Faster settlement matters for payment and trading apps; a second phase, Rotor, comes later.
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- Alpenglowsolana.com · solana.com · 2026-10-21