PANews reported on May 20th that according to DL News, researchers from Solana's core development team Anza have proposed a consensus protocol upgrade called "Alpenglow", aiming to reduce block finalization time from 13 seconds to 0.1 seconds, improving network speed by 100 times. The proposal was designed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology team and has already received support from core members including co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko.
If approved through community governance voting, this largest protocol upgrade in Solana's history may be implemented between late 2025 and early 2026. Developers stated that after the upgrade, the network will have real-time response capabilities comparable to Web2 infrastructure, supporting new application scenarios such as zero-latency payments and gaming. Previously, Solana's inflation adjustment proposal was not passed, but the team remains optimistic about this technical upgrade.
