⏏️◀️A major update is coming to Solana (SOL): ✔️Here’s what will change if approved🔻🔻📶
◀️A new consensus proposal, Alpenglow (SIMD-0326), ✔️has been put forward for voting by the Solana community.✔️ The proposal aims to reduce the block finality time on the network from the current 12.8 seconds to around 150 milliseconds.🏁🏁
◀️Voting will take place between epochs 840 and 420✔️. Each epoch lasts approximately two days on the network✔️ and is currently in epoch 834.✔️ The proposal must receive at least 66% of "yes" votes to be accepted.🏁🏁
◀️The Solana Management announcement described Alpenglow✔️ as a modern architecture prioritizing performance, resilience, and simplicity✔️, replacing the current Proof-of-History and TowerBFT mechanisms✔️.🏁🏁
◀️At the core of the new protocol, Votor introduces a lightweight framework based on direct voting✔️. Blocks are settled through two rounds of voting,✔️ depending on network conditions. This reduces block confirmation time from 12.8 seconds to 100-150 milliseconds✔️. It also removes congestion, improving bandwidth efficiency.🏁🏁
◀️Additionally✔️, a new data dissemination protocol called "Rotor" will be introduced in a future update✔️. The current phase is limited to completion and voting logic.✔️🏁🏁
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