Solana Switches Consensus Protocol as Alpenglow Goes Live on Mainnet October 21, Targeting ~150ms Finality

Odaily reports that Solana stated on the X platform that it switched its consensus protocol in October, with Alpenglow launching on mainnet on the 21st, targeting roughly 150 milliseconds of finality. Solana also stated that in October, network speed, tokenized assets, payments, and institutional access all set records.