Anza, a Solana Labs spinout, has proposed a significant upgrade to Solana’s consensus mechanism with the introduction of Alpenglow. This proposal aims to enhance the network’s performance by reducing block finality times to 100–150 milliseconds, a substantial improvement over the current 12.8 seconds. Alpenglow introduces two new components: Votor, which handles voting and block finalization, and Rotor, responsible for data dissemination.https://www.anza.xyz/blog/alpenglow-a-new-consensus-for...