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Solana Alpenglow upgrade to launch Oct 21, targets 0.15-second finality
Solana will deploy its next major network upgrade, Alpenglow, on Oct. 21. The upgrade is expected to shorten transaction finality to about 150 milliseconds from about 12.8 seconds by replacing the existing consensus system. The rollout is scheduled for the start of epoch 1,064, expected around 1500 UTC. TowerBFT will continue for about 5,000 slots, or roughly 18 minutes, after the feature gate activates, before Alpenglow takes over.
Crypto
Solayer launches mainnet for onchain perpetual futures platform Margin Trade
Solayer, a high-performance layer-1 blockchain based on the Solana Virtual Machine, has launched the mainnet for its onchain perpetual futures trading platform, Margin Trade. The platform lets users trade cryptocurrencies, commodities and stocks through a single margin account, supporting major crypto perpetuals, commodities such as gold, silver and crude oil, and a synthetic index called MT500. It also offers Pearl Research perpetual futures with up to 3 times leverage.
Crypto
Doppler token launch platform expands to Solana, redesigned from scratch
Doppler, a token launch platform on Ethereum-based Layer 2 Base, is expanding to Solana, The Block reported on Wednesday. The move comes as EVM-based projects continue to look to expand into the SVM ecosystem. Doppler said its Solana version is native and rebuilt from scratch to reflect Solana’s architecture, constraints, programming model and economic structure. The Block data show Solana leads new token activity, with Base ranked second.
