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XRP Ledger Activates Delegation, Keeps Token-Burn Warning

XRP Ledger's permission delegation is live, letting accounts grant up to 10 permissions. A token-burn warning remains as its separate fix starts a two-week wait.

Kadim

October 9, 2026
6 min read

XRP XRP Ledger XRPL +5

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Solana Targets 200ms Slots Today as Wallet Timeouts Shrink

Solana's final 200ms slot change is due at epoch 1053. The rollout halves the old block clock while shortening wallet signing windows and raising validator demands.

Kadim

October 9, 2026
6 min read

Solana SOL SIMD-0525 +5

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Solana Activates Alpenglow on Devnet, Targets 150ms Finality

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.

Kadim

September 26, 2026
6 min read

Solana SOL Alpenglow +4

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Solana Readies 150ms Alpenglow Upgrade, Testnet Switch Pending

Solana's Alpenglow targets 150ms finality, but Anza still lists testnet activation as pending. September 28 is not a confirmed mainnet launch date.

Kadim

September 23, 2026
7 min read

Solana SOL Alpenglow +3

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Polygon Activates Ithaca Hard Fork to Prevent Validator Stalls

Polygon's Ithaca hard fork activates at Heimdall block 50,185,000, adding automatic recovery and transaction safeguards after a known chain-stall risk.

Kadim

July 29, 2026
6 min read

Polygon POL Ithaca hard fork +5

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Cardano Enacts Van Rossem Hard Fork, Upgrades Protocol to Version 11

Cardano enacted its community-ratified van Rossem hard fork, bringing Protocol Version 11 and new Plutus capabilities to mainnet after a July 18 epoch boundary.

Kadim

July 19, 2026
6 min read

Cardano ADA van Rossem hard fork +5

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Stellar's Zipper Upgrade Is Live. XLM Still Has a Market Problem

Stellar activated Protocol 27, called Zipper, adding smart-account delegation and stronger replay protection as XLM trading volume surged but the token remained below 20 cents.

Kadim

July 11, 2026
6 min read

Stellar XLM Protocol 27 +5

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XRP Ledger Upgrade Just Cleared Its Key Validator Test

XRP Ledger v3.2.0 has reached about 89% adoption on the default validator list, but its fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment still needs a separate on-chain vote.

Kadim

July 8, 2026
6 min read

XRP XRP Ledger XRPL +5

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