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Solana Upgrade Starts Earlier
Solana's Alpenglow activation shifts to 9:20 a.m. ET on Oct. 21.
In brief
Solana's Alpenglow activation shifts to 9:20 a.m. ET on Oct. 21. Solana's Alpenglow upgrade begins 90 minutes earlier on Oct. 21 at 9:20 a.m. ET, with the network switching consensus systems after 18 minutes. Originally reported by TokenPost.
Alpenglow Activation Shift
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade remains planned for october 21 but faster slot production moved the estimated start of activation 90 minutes earlier.
New Activation Time
Epoch 1064 now begins at 9:20 a.m. et (13:20 utc) compared with previous estimate of 10:50 a.m. et (14:50 utc).
Upgrade Process
Solana will use current consensus for 5,000 slots (18 minutes) before alpenglow takes over on october 21.
The takeaway
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade begins 90 minutes earlier on Oct. 21 at 9:20 a.m. ET, with the network switching consensus systems after 18 minutes.
