Solana news: Anatoly Yakovenko Says Alpenglow Launch Proves Solana’s Design Is Working

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is pointing to the Alpenglow consensus upgrade news, now live on a community test cluster and targeting mainnet as soon as Q2 2026, as direct evidence that the network’s core architecture is functioning as intended. The upgrade, the largest consensus overhaul in Solana’s history, replaces Proof of History and TowerBFT with two new components, Votor and Rotor, and is des…