Solana Alpenglow Goes Live in 'Most Ambitious' Upgrade Since Ethereum's Merge

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21 Oct, 14:24

Source: Decrypt

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Solana successfully deploys its Alpenglow consensus upgrade, retiring the legacy TowerBFT protocol in what is described as its most ambitious network improvement since Ethereum's Merge.

The new consensus protocol retires TowerBFT, which had run Solana since its 2020 launch, after a handoff on the live network.