Solana's Alpenglow Upgrade Hits Mainnet Oct 21

First reported Oct 13, 2026, 18:01 UTC

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  • Solana's Alpenglow Upgrade Hits Mainnet Oct 21 Anza set the Alpenglow mainnet launch for October 21 at about 14:50 UTC. Its Votor consensus replaces TowerBFT and cuts finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150ms. Validators will exchange votes directly instead of posting… — Rickler Feed, Oct 13, 2026, 18:01 UTC
  • Solana's Alpenglow Upgrade Hits Mainnet Oct 21 Anza set the Alpenglow mainnet launch for October 21 at about 14:50 UTC. Its Votor consensus replaces TowerBFT and cuts finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150ms. Validators will exchange votes directly instead of posting… — AGGREGATOR, Oct 13, 2026, 18:01 UTC
  • Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Scheduled for October 21, Targets Finality Cut from 12.8 Seconds to 150ms Solana core developer Anza announced that the Alpenglow consensus upgrade is scheduled to go live on Solana mainnet-beta on October 21 at approximately 14:50 UTC. The upgrade… — @WuBlockchain (X), Oct 13, 2026, 18:04 UTC
  • ✴️#SOL #крипто #обновление Solana запланировала обновление Alpenglow в основной сети на 21 октября (примерно в 14:50 UTC) Обновление переводит блокчейн с текущей системы консенсуса на новую архитектуру, разработанную для значительного сокращения времени завершения транзакций и… — markettwits, Oct 13, 2026, 20:31 UTC
  • 🚨 UPDATE: Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade will go live on mainnet-beta on Oct. 21, cutting finality from seconds to around 150 milliseconds. — @Cointelegraph (X), Oct 14, 2026, 02:00 UTC

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