Infrastructure
Solana Alpenglow: how Votor replaces TowerBFT
Solana Alpenglow replaces TowerBFT with Votor, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to 150ms. How it works, what changes for builders, and what could delay mainnet.
Solana Alpenglow replaces TowerBFT with Votor, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to 150ms. How it works, what changes for builders, and what could delay mainnet.
Solana processed $11.7T in stablecoin transfers in 2025. For fintech teams, reliability isn’t a network question — it’s an RPC layer question. Here’s how to get it right.
Learn how Jito bundles, tips, and the block engine work on Solana. A practical guide to MEV infrastructure, ShredStream, and BAM for builders in 2026.
We’ve increased concurrent stream limits on the Yellowstone gRPC Geyser add-on. More streams per tier, same price. Existing limits update automatically.
Firedancer is Solana’s new validator client built for high throughput, lower latency, and greater resilience across the network and RPC infrastructure.
Most Solana programs hit a wall when state grows — Borsh serialization burns compute units and crashes the stack. Zero-copy maps your data directly, cutting CU costs by 98%.