Solana Sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow Upgrade Targeting 150-Millisecond Finality
Key Highlights: Solana is scheduled to migrate to the Alpenglow voting mechanism at epoch 1064, expected on October 21 around 15:00 UTC. Validator operational costs will shift from dynamic voting charges of approximately 1 SOL per epoch to a flat admission fee of 0.8 SOL. Reported on-chain transaction metrics could see an apparent drop upon ...