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Solana’s Biggest Consensus Overhaul Yet Heads to Community Vote

2025/08/28 23:01
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The upgrade is now in the validator voting phase.

What Alpenglow Changes

The plan would replace Solana’s current Proof-of-History and TowerBFT protocols with a new architecture built on two components: Votor and Rotor.

Votor is a direct-voting system designed to cut block finality times from 12.8 seconds down to just 150 milliseconds, creating near-instant transaction confirmations. Rotor, scheduled for later implementation, optimizes bandwidth by reducing data transmission hops — a feature expected to be particularly valuable for high-performance sectors like DeFi and gaming.

Stronger Resilience and Security

Alpenglow also introduces a “20+20” resilience model, which ensures the network continues operating even if 20% of validators act maliciously and another 20% go offline. Supporters of the upgrade argue that it brings Solana’s latency closer to Web2 standards while also strengthening security, scalability, and economic fairness.

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Voting Underway

According to Solana’s governance site, voting is still in its early stages. So far, 10.09% of validators have supported the proposal, while 9.97% have voted against it. For Alpenglow to advance, it must surpass a quorum threshold of 33% validator participation.

If approved, Votor will be rolled out first, with Rotor to follow in a future phase.

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