Alpenglow

✨ To discuss this topic, we first need to understand @solana's PoH (Proof of History) consensus protocol:
The PoH mechanism itself is Solana's core innovation, which bypasses the problem of node synchronization time by timestamping transactions through a series of continuous hash values. In simple terms, PoH is like a clock that never stops, allowing all nodes to progress at the same rhythm, theoretically capable of infinitely increasing throughput.
However, under the PoH mechanism, nodes need to synchronize hash clocks and handle massive amounts of data, which means that the hardware performance requirements are extremely high. Ordinary nodes cannot afford the high hardware costs, and only a few capital-rich supernodes can afford high-performance servers, exacerbating the trend of node centralization. At the same time, due to extreme reliance on supernodes in the network to maintain the operation of the 'clock', once nodes become over-leveraged or the network congests, it can lead to outages.