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Solana Alpenglow Is Live on Mainnet as Anza Retires TowerBFT at Slot 459,653,000
Solana Alpenglow went live on mainnet at slot 459,653,000, retiring TowerBFT. Anza claims 150ms finality; here is what changes for validators and developers.
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Bastion Trading Tells SkyAI Chairman and Three Directors to Explain SOL Liquidation or Resign
SkyAI holder Bastion Trading asks Chairman Paul Danner and three directors to explain the SOL sale and $3.00 tender or resign, and seeks a special meeting.
Bitwise Staking Report: Solana Ends Q3 With 69% Staked, a 5.99% Gross Yield and 659 Validators
Bitwise's Q4 2026 staking report says Solana ended Q3 with 69% staked, a 5.99% gross yield and 659 validators. Our epoch data shows the same year-long decline.
Alpenglow Is Pending Activation on Solana Mainnet, With TowerBFT Set to Retire at Slot 459,653,000
Anza says Alpenglow is pending activation on Solana mainnet: TowerBFT retires at slot 459,653,000, projected ~14:00 UTC Oct 21. What operators must check.
Alpenglow Tracker Flags 45% of Solana Stake as Not Ready Two Days Before Epoch 1064, Most of It on Agave 4.3.0 and 4.3.1
Pumpkin's Pool tracker flags 45.2% of Solana stake as not ready for Alpenglow at epoch 1064. Over half runs Agave 4.3.0/4.3.1; about 20% faces harder fixes.
SkyAI Sells All of Its SOL, Opens $201M Tender Offer Without SOL Price Condition
SkyAI (SKYA) has sold all of its SOL and holds $223.8M in cash. Its $3.00 tender for 95% of shares and warrants runs to Oct 29 without a SOL price condition.
Fidelity's FCAT Finds Solana More Reliable, With Stake, Hosting and Client Software Still Concentrated
Fidelity''s FCAT finds Solana steadier but concentrated: 18 validators hold over a third of stake, 40% sits in Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Our data shows 18 too.
Firedancer Bug Bounty Platform Goes Live With 3x Rewards for Alpenglow Findings After Jump's $1M Audit Contest
Jump Crypto's Firedancer bug bounty platform is live, paying 2x rewards and 3x for Alpenglow findings to Nov 20, after a $1M audit contest full of AI reports.
Anza Names Agave v4.3.2 the Recommended Release for All Solana Validators Five Days Before Alpenglow
Anza made Agave v4.3.2 the recommended release for all Solana mainnet validators on 16 Oct, citing Alpenglow fixes ahead of the epoch 1064 switch on 21 Oct.
Solana Accelerate Shanghai Postponed Over Registration Cap, Says Foundation President Lily Liu
Solana Foundation president Lily Liu says Accelerate Shanghai registrations quadrupled past the cap filed with local authorities; no new date has been set.
Solana Accelerate China's Shanghai Opener Postponed on the Day as Organisers Cite Venue Logistics
Solana Accelerate China's Shanghai opener was postponed on 16 October 2026; organisers cited venue logistics while attendees reported officers at the hotel.
SIMD-0675 Analysis Recommends a 10% Stake Floor and a Run Length of 3 to 7 for Solana's Geo-Aware Leader Schedule
A solana.com analysis of SIMD-0675's geo-aware leader schedule recommends a 10% stake floor and a run length of 3 to 7, weighing faster handoffs against risk.
Bastion Trading Won't Tender Into SkyAI's $3.00 Offer, Demands Disclosure of SOL Sales
Bastion Trading, a 9.99% SkyAI (SKYA) holder, won't tender into the $3.00 offer and wants SOL sale details after its SOL holdings fell from 2M+ to 600K.
Squads Builder Says Falcon-512 Post-Quantum Multisig Voting Has Been Tested on Solana Mainnet
A Squads builder says Falcon-512 post-quantum signing for multisig voters has been tested on Solana mainnet using Blueshift's Vector. No release date is set.
Anza Sets Alpenglow Mainnet Date: Solana's Consensus Switch Is Scheduled for October 21 at About 14:50 UTC
Anza says Alpenglow goes live on Solana mainnet-beta on October 21, 2026 at about 14:50 UTC. How the one-slot migration works and what validators need.
SkyAI Sells About 1M SOL to Fund Planned Tender Offer of Up to $201M, Rejects Forward Industries' Proposal
SkyAI (SKYA) says it sold about 1M SOL, half its treasury, and plans a $3.00 cash tender offer for up to 95% of its stock after rejecting Forward's proposal.
Solana's First Full Epoch at the 200ms Slot Time Target Averaged 218.3ms and Lasted 26.2 Hours
Solana's first full epoch at the 200ms slot time target, epoch 1053, averaged 218.3ms per slot and lasted 26.2 hours, according to Solana Compass epoch data.
Anza CEO Brennan Watt Proposes Raising Solana's Block Compute Limit From 50M Back to 100M CUs
Anza CEO Brennan Watt opened a GitHub discussion on October 10 proposing to lift Solana's block compute limit from 50M to 100M CUs in five feature gates.
Solana's 200ms Slot Time Is Live on Mainnet at Epoch 1053, Completing SIMD-0525
Anza confirmed Solana's 200ms slot time went live at epoch 1053 on 9 October 2026. Solana Compass data shows earlier steps ran 15ms to 19ms above target.
Orca and Loopscale Merge to Form Formation as Orca's Council Moves to Re-Run the ORCA Tokenholder Vote
Orca and Loopscale are merging into Formation under CEO Luke Truitt. Orca's Council says it is cancelling its live ORCA vote and re-running it October 11 to 16.
Sanctum Burns Its CLOUD Community Reserve, Cutting Token Supply to 740.7 Million as SANC Ticker Appears
Sanctum burned its CLOUD Community Reserve: one transaction destroyed 250M tokens and total supply fell to about 740.7M. Solscan now shows the ticker SANC.
Orca Tokenholders Vote on Cutting xORCA Rewards to 10%, Moving 14.2M ORCA to the Team and Dissolving the Council
ORCA holders are voting on Realms until October 10 on a proposal to cut xORCA rewards to 10% of fees, move the treasury to the team and end the Council.
Solana's 200ms Slot Time Is Pending on Mainnet, Scheduled to Go Live at Epoch 1053 on October 9
Anza says Solana's 200ms slot time feature gate is pending on mainnet-beta. Under SIMD-0525's one-epoch delay, 200ms slots start at epoch 1053 on October 9.
DeFi Development Corp. Estimates NAV Per Share Doubled Since August as SOL Treasury Reaches 2.56 Million
DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) estimates NAV per share more than doubled from Aug 12 to Sept 30 and reports 2.56M SOL, but gives no absolute per-share figures.
MetaDAO Renames Futardio as Backable, Its Permissionless Fundraising Platform on Solana
MetaDAO renamed Futardio as Backable, a Solana fundraising platform with escrow, refunds and budget caps. No one vets the teams, and 82 of 95 raises missed.
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