- Solana’s proposed Alpenglow upgrade, developed by Anza, aims to overhaul its consensus protocol by introducing Votor and Rotor, potentially cutting block finalisation time to 150 milliseconds.
- The upgrade replaces core systems like TowerBFT and Proof-of-History, targeting Web2-level speeds, but it won’t resolve Solana’s network outage issues, which stem from its reliance on a single validator client.
Solana’s underlying consensus architecture may soon see its most radical rewrite yet thanks to Anza, a blockchain infrastructure company spun out of Solana Labs.
Anza proposed a new consensus model dubbed Alpenglow, which it claims would replace core elements of the network’s design and push it toward Web2-level performance. But take it from the research team:
Alpenglow is a consensus protocol tailored for a global high-performance proof-of-stake blockchain. We believe that the…
