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Solana Alpenglow Upgrade Launches
Solana has activated its Alpenglow upgrade, introducing a new voting system to reduce the time it takes for payments and trades to be considered final. The new system aims to achieve finality in about 150 milliseconds, compared to the previous system which took around 900 milliseconds. This upgrade allows validators to combine votes into certificates, reducing the time needed for a block to be considered final. The change is expected to make payments and trades feel faster for users.