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Solana’s Alpenglow, its biggest network overhaul since 2020, goes live Wednesday

CoinDeskShaurya Malwa2h ago7/10

Solana's Alpenglow consensus overhaul goes live Wednesday, targeting about 150ms finality after a failed migration and rollback during testing.

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