On May 20, according to The Block, Anza, a development studio spun off from Solana Labs, announced what they call "the largest transformation of the Solana core protocol in history". According to the announcement, this high-throughput Layer 1 blockchain will welcome a brand new underlying architecture named Alpenglow.
Anza's Quentin Kniep, Kobi Sliwinski, and Roger Wattenhofer wrote in a white paper released on Monday: "We believe the release of Alpenglow will be a turning point for Solana. Alpenglow is not just a new consensus protocol, but the largest transformation of the Solana core protocol since its inception."
This upgrade will replace Solana's existing TowerBFT proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and historical proof timestamp system with new components called Votor and Rotor.
