whatever will we do for an encore in 2027??
🚨SOLANA'S 2026 SO FAR, BY THE NUMBERS:
Protocol upgrades:
- Slot times halved from 400ms to 200ms
- Max tx size raised from 1,232 to 4,096 bytes
- Token transfer compute cut 98% with P-Token
- Finality cut from 12.8s to ~150ms with Alpenglow
- Block compute limit raised from 60M to 100M CUs
Adoption:
- RWA holders grew from 126K to 831K
- RWA value grew from $873M to $4.87B
- Tokenised stocks grew from 115 to 2,036
- Spot ETF inflows grew from $766M to $1.6B
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“that could sign a Solana transaction within a day”
we’re gonna need a bigger status cache
FYI cargo-build-sbf isn't going to ship with the solana CLI anymore.
Devs should get used to managing it with `cargo install`.
I'm joining @stabledash Live today at 12:30 PM ET to talk Alpenglow and 150ms finality for payments with @anza_xyz
Anza, Solana, Alpenglow, and what’s next
Live at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT. Today's lineup:
- @bw_solana, @anza_xyz
- Henry Fan, @OwlTing
- @aya_kantor, @upshift_fi
- @mxchaelho, @D3inc
- @hyunsujung_, @HyperionDeFi
Stabledash Global, presented by @augustus_bank
- @robiosss, @due_network
- @caiobrbsa, @lumxhq
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SPEED POD | EP.11
10 questions with @bw_solana from @anza_xyz
*from Solana Summit Singapore*
Alpenglow is live on mainnet-beta ⛰️ 🎉
Solana’s new consensus protocol: finality reduced from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, built by Anza.
Why this is important 🧵
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* clenching intensifies *
coming to an agave near you, restart in 38 seconds
hang it in the louvre
i’s dotted and t’s crossed
v4.3.2 Alpenglow test cluster migration successful ✅
all systems go for mainnet activation in 4️⃣ days ⛰️⛰️
🚨 Mainnet-beta validators: Agave v4.3.2 is the recommended version for all validators. Upgrade now.
This release includes important performance and stability fixes for Alpenglow coming epoch 1064, Oct 21.
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some have called him "the most unemployed man on Solana"
Alpenglow. 1064.
hand crafted by the 🐐 @Ashwinningg
It’s time.
Alpenglow goes live on mainnet-beta Wednesday, October 21, ~14:50 UTC.
18 months of work for a migration that happens in one slot. Finality drops from seconds to ~150ms.
Make sure to follow us @anza_xyz as we countdown to go-live.
Details:
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200ms slots on mainnet 🏎️🏎️
⛰️⛰️now all eyes on Alpenglow
> finality in seconds
milliseconds* 🔜™️⛰️
the duck is flocking.
hit my DMs to talk Solana dev
should we rip 200ms slots on mainnet next week? 🏎️ 🏎️
