Solana Labs’ spinoff Anza proposes a major change to the blockchain’s consensus mechanism with Alpenglow hard fork that will make Layer 1 compete with Layer 2 for high-speed trading applications. Alpenglow replaces Proof-of-History system with Proof-of-Stake, cutting block finalization time down to 150 milliseconds. Meanwhile, the technology has sparked debates on security versus speed. This article discusses Solana’s radical move, its potential implications, and the ecosystem’s performance.
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