The Protocol: Solana Community Approves Alpenglow Upgrade

The Protocol: Solana Community Approves Alpenglow Upgrade

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk.In this issue:Solana Set for Major Overhaul After 98% Votes to Approve Historic 'Alpenglow' UpgradeEthereum Foundation to Unload Another 10K ETH Following SharpLink Deal‘OP_CAT Isn’t My Invention. It’s Satoshi’s,’ Says Bruce Liu as OPCAT_Labs Pushes to Reboot Bitcoin’s CodeEthereum to Close…

Solana’s Alpenglow to Boost Throughput 100-Fold After Clearing Governance Vote

Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade has officially cleared its governance vote, with over 98% approval from network stakers, comfortably exceeding the 33% quorum it required to pass. The upgrade paves the way for the implementation of a major overhaul that will drastically increase transaction speed and network responsiveness. Alpenglow introduces a new consensus protocol designed to boost transaction throughput by approximately 100-fold. It replaces Sol…

Solana Voters Set to Approve SIMD-0326 — SHIB and RENDER Benefit From Protocol Buzz

Solana’s latest consensus upgrade has sparked broad discussion across the crypto sector, with SHIB and RENDER gaining attention as part of the market response. In the same climate, MAGACOIN FINANCE highlights why missing early opportunities can be costly and how smart positioning often depends on recognizing utility and fundamentals. Solana Alpenglow Vote Gains Approval Solana has moved forward with its Alpenglow (SIMD-0326) proposal, with commu…

Solana's Alpenglow Upgrade Passes with 98% Approval, Promising 100x Speed Boost

The post Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Passes with 98% Approval, Promising 100x Speed Boost appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Solana has achieved a major milestone with its community voting overwhelmingly to approve the Alpenglow upgrade. The proposal passed with 98.27% approval from validators, marking the biggest technical change in the blockchain’s history. The governance vote concluded on September 2, 2025, with 52% of the network’s total st…

SOL Bullish Pattern Points To $1,000 As Solana Network Readies To Implement Historic Alpenglow Upgrade

Solana is preparing to implement the long-awaited Alpenglow upgrade, which will bring the network one step closer to the most significant protocol rewrite to date.

Alpenglow Upgrade Approved: Solana Prepares For Real-World Assets And ETF Boom

On September 2, 2025, Solana reached a milestone that could reshape how blockchain technology is used in global finance. In a community vote, validators on the Solana network gave near-unanimous approval 99% in favor to the Alpenglow upgrade, also known as SIMD-0326. This change reduces transaction confirmation times to as little as 150 milliseconds and expands the network’s capacity to handle up to 500,000 transactions per second (TPS). These i…