Increased Bandwidth, Reduced Latency: Solana Proposes New Consensus Protocol
Solana, a top-10 cryptocurrency project, has announced a change to its consensus protocol to turbocharge the network’s performance. Alpenglow, the new implementation, reduces latency to near Web2 levels, making Solana ca...
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