Solana announces Alpenglow upgrade for October 21, aiming for 150ms finality

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The Solana blockchain will implement a major upgrade called Alpenglow on October 21. This upgrade will target a finality time of 150 milliseconds for transactions. It will replace the network's current validator voting system and remove vote transactions from blocks. These technical changes could significantly alter reported transaction counts, even if actual user activity remains unchanged.

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