Morning Minute: Solana Is About To Get Faster
Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade is set to arrive next week, with one piece saying it will cut finality from 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds. Another piece frames the upgrade as a transaction-speed enhancement and says it could affect Solana’s market appeal, utility, and user interest.
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Users and developers on Solana are the most immediate group affected because the network is set to move toward much faster finality next week. A target of about 150 milliseconds would change how quickly transactions are treated as final in practice, and that is the concrete change visible to people interacting with the chain tomorrow morning.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 3 days ago | Solana price falls 9% ahead of major October 21 upgrade event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 3 days ago | Collector Crypt Logs $151 Million in Monthly Pack Sales event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 3 days ago | JUP Rises 51% in Four Weeks as Jupiter Fees Decline event | 1 actors in common · 3 news media |
| 4 days ago | Anza Sets Oct. 21 for Solana’s Alpenglow Mainnet Upgrade event | 1 actors in common · 11 news media |
| 4 days ago | Cardano Visa Multi-Chain Crypto Card Announces Sunset, Key Date for ADA Holders event | 1 actors in common · 3 news media |
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