Solana price prediction: Alpenglow cuts finality to 150 milliseconds today

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Solana is swapping out its consensus today: Alpenglow cuts the time to irreversibility from around 12.8 seconds to a target of 150 milliseconds. At the same time the spot funds have been losing money for ten to eleven trading days, and the price stands at $106.54.Solana is replacing its consensus today. The switch from TowerBFT to Alpenglow is set for October 21, at around 14:50 UTC according to the developer house Anza, which is around 16:50 German time. The Solana Foundation most recently projected the corresponding epoch start at about 15:00 UTC; an earlier estimate named 13:20 UTC. Expect a window of roughly two hours, then, not a button press to the minute. What changes, by contrast, can be stated precisely: the time to irreversibility of a payment falls from around 12.8 seconds to a target of 100 to 150 milliseconds. The price has been unmoved by it so far. SOL traded at $106.54 on Wednesday morning, 2.3 percent above the previous day, after a daily low of $103.72 and a hi...