Solana’s Alpenglow Proposal Begins Community Voting

Solana’s new consensus protocol proposal, Alpenglow (SIMD-0326), has entered the community voting phase. This vote, spanning epochs 840 to 842 with a two-day period for each epoch, requires a simple majority – achieving a two-thirds approval and disapproval rate combined – to pass. As of now, the proposal enjoys an approval rate of approximately 9.84% and is facing minimal opposition at just 0.12%. The Alpenglow proposal aims to drastically reduce block finalization time from Solana’s current average of 12.8 seconds to nearly 150 milliseconds.