Solana targets faster finality, while Wall Street cuts the cash that must move

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate at 22 Oct, 11:00 UTC

Solana activated Alpenglow on mainnet on Oct. 21 at slot 459,653,000, replacing TowerBFT with a consensus design that targets about 150 milliseconds to finality. Under the new protocol, confirmed and finalized become the same state. At the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC)…