Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade to cut finality to 150ms after 99.6% validator support

1-9-2025 – Solana’s Alpenglow consensus protocol is virtually certain to pass after securing overwhelming support from validators, with over 99. 6% voting in favor of the upgrade that would reduce transaction finality from 12. 8 seconds to just 150 milliseconds. The governance vote, which began August 21, reaches its conclusion Tuesday at 1 PM UTC having al source: https://www.cointrackdaily.com/solanas-alpenglow-upgrade-to-cut-finality-to-150ms-after-99-6-validator-support/