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Solana Activates Alpenglow, Targeting 150ms Finality
Anza activated Alpenglow on Solana on Oct. 21, replacing TowerBFT with off-chain validator voting that targets finality in about 150 milliseconds.
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#9c16583 min read
Anza activated Alpenglow on Solana on Oct. 21, replacing TowerBFT with off-chain validator voting that targets finality in about 150 milliseconds.
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