Solana processed 5B transactions in August and confirmed Alpenglow upgrade for October to reduce confirmation times from ~12s to ~400ms.

Tech & Launches · 2026-09-08

Solana processed 5 billion transactions in August, surpassing all other blockchains combined during that period. The network has scheduled the Alpenglow upgrade for October, which is designed to reduce confirmation times from approximately 12 seconds to approximately 400 milliseconds through a new consensus protocol.

Previously on Telem

Analyst claims weak external volume inflows compress altcoin valuations 2026-09-08
Upbit lists Hemi and Useless tokens in BTC, USDT pairs 2026-09-08
Robinhood Chain generates $33M fees in 15 days, exceeds Solana, BNB 2026-09-08
Kamino launches on Veda for Solana credit markets 2026-09-08
Solana devnet demo enables confidential transfers with encrypted fields 2026-09-08