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Solana’s 150ms Block Finality Proposal Enters Voting Phase

Solana’s 150ms Block Finality Proposal Enters Voting Phase

The SIMD-0326 Alpenglow proposal has been approved, cutting block finality time from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, signaling a major performance enhancement for Solana’s blockchain.

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Fact Check
Multiple credible sources (CCN, DailyCoin, SolanaFloor, Crypto.news) explicitly state that a proposal named 'Alpenglow', which targets a 150ms block finality, has entered the voting phase. The evidence clearly distinguishes this from the 'Timely Vote Credits' proposal, which was approved earlier in the year.
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Summary

Solana’s SIMD-0326 Alpenglow proposal has been approved, reducing block finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. The approval, passed with a two-thirds majority, is set to significantly improve the blockchain's efficiency and transaction processing speed.

Terms & Concepts
  • Block Finality: The point at which a block of transactions becomes permanent and irreversible in a blockchain network.
  • SIMD-0326: A Solana proposal for a block finality upgrade aiming to reduce finality time to 150ms.