Solana Alpenglow Upgrade Puts It on Par with Centralized Exchanges

Solana is set to launch its Alpenglow upgrade in Q3 2026, which promises to drastically reduce transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to just 100-150 milliseconds.

This speed boost will enhance Solana's competitiveness with centralized exchanges and improve efficiency for DeFi protocols and tokenized assets.

The Alpenglow upgrade also removes on-chain vote transactions, simplifying validator operations and potentially lowering costs.