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Solana Sets October 21, 2026 for Alpenglow Upgrade as DEX Volume Climbs
The Solana Foundation has scheduled the Alpenglow upgrade for mainnet activation on October 21, 2026. The overhaul is a major rewrite of the network's consensus mechanism, aimed at cutting transaction finality to roughly 150 milliseconds and replacing TowerBFT, the voting system in use since 2020. The change lands as Solana remains the leader in decentralized exchange trading volume, with network performance and ecosystem dominance seen strengthening further.
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