Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade: Sub-Second Finality, Faster Than Google

Solana community approves Alpenglow (SIMD-0326) to cut block finality to 150 ms - The Cryptocurrency Post

The Solana community approved proposal SIMD-0326, known as Alpenglow, with over 98% of votes. This upgrade reduces block finality from 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds, aiming to match network latency with Web2 systems. According to reports, this improvement could even make Solana “faster than Google”, with significant implications for developers, node operators, institutional investors, and high-performance infrastructure teams. C…

Sub-Second Finality, Faster Than Google - Invest In Crypto News

The boldest step yet Solana has always pitched itself as the blockchain for speed. With Alpenglow, it’s attempting a quantum leap. Validators have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the upgrade, with almost 99% support across the network. If successfully implemented, Alpenglow is expected to reduce transaction finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to just 100 to 150 milliseconds. That’s close to a hundred times faster than current speeds and well wit…

Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade: Sub-Second Finality, Faster Than Google

Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade promises 100-150 ms transaction finality — faster than a Google search. Explore how this leap could transform DeFi.