Anza’s Alpenglow goes live on Solana, cutting finality to 150 milliseconds

Solana activated its Alpenglow consensus upgrade, replacing the TowerBFT mechanism and reducing transaction finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds. The change is a major technical improvement to network performance and could strengthen Solana's competitive position for high-throughput applications. Traders may view faster finality as a positive fundamental catalyst for SOL, though the immediate price impact depends on broader market conditions.