Solana activated Alpenglow on mainnet, replacing TowerBFT. Anza reports 150ms finality, while apps, validators and transaction dashboards face changes.
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Solana schedules Alpenglow for October 21 at epoch 1064. Validators face a 0.8 SOL fee, while the 150ms finality target has limits for apps.
Solana's Alpenglow is now active on devnet and testnet. Direct checks confirm the switch, but 150ms finality remains a target and mainnet has not activated.
Solana's Alpenglow targets 150ms finality, but Anza still lists testnet activation as pending. September 28 is not a confirmed mainnet launch date.