🚨 $SOL just activated its biggest consensus upgrade ever: Alpenglow is now live on testnet. The goal? Near-instant transaction finality and smoother validator coordination. If successful, confirmation times could drop from several seconds to almost real-time. This is a major step because Solana’s biggest criticism during high activity has been congestion and occasional instability. Now the network is testing whether validators can smoothly transition into the new architecture before mainnet rollout. According to , mainnet activation could begin as early as next quarter if testing continues to go well. #Macro Insights#