Solana validators approve Alpenglow (SIMD-0326) with 98% of votes cast

Solana/Alpenglow consensus

Solana's Alpenglow upgrade (SIMD-0326) passed with 98.27% Yes, 1.05% No, 0.69% Abstain, with 52% stake participation. The approved design replaces Proof of History and TowerBFT with Votor, a direct-vote protocol aiming for 107,000+ TPS and 150 ms settlement (vs. 12.8 seconds today) by 2026, while sustaining operation if 40% of validators fail.

• 98.27% approval; 52% of stake participated, demonstrating broad validator consensus.
• Targets 107,000+ TPS and 150 ms settlement—matching Visa/Mastercard speeds—by 2026 deployment.
• 20+20 resilience design sustains the network even if 40% of validators experience downtime; validator operating costs fall from ~$60k to ~$1k annually.