Solana is changing engines
Late Wednesday night Beijing time
The mainnet will replace the consensus mechanism it’s used since launch
The new one is called Alpenglow
Right now, a transaction takes 12.8 seconds
before it’s considered final
After the upgrade, the target is 150 milliseconds
Note that this is only a target
Actual speed will depend on network conditions
Here’s another thing that’s easy to misunderstand
Validator votes are moving off-chain
The number of on-chain transactions may drop noticeably
That doesn’t mean nobody’s using it
$SOL Binance spot is just over a hundred
I’m not betting on a price pump on upgrade day
First, I’ll see how smoothly the switch goes
#Solana定于10月21日进行Alpenglow升级
Late Wednesday night Beijing time
The mainnet will replace the consensus mechanism it’s used since launch
The new one is called Alpenglow
Right now, a transaction takes 12.8 seconds
before it’s considered final
After the upgrade, the target is 150 milliseconds
Note that this is only a target
Actual speed will depend on network conditions
Here’s another thing that’s easy to misunderstand
Validator votes are moving off-chain
The number of on-chain transactions may drop noticeably
That doesn’t mean nobody’s using it
$SOL Binance spot is just over a hundred
I’m not betting on a price pump on upgrade day
First, I’ll see how smoothly the switch goes
#Solana定于10月21日进行Alpenglow升级