<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Solana's Alpenglow upgrade increases fault tolerance to 40%, potentially centralizing validators and impacting network latency.</li><li>MEV profits decrease significantly with Alpenglow, affecting arbitrage and sandwich attacks due to faster block times and reward disparities favoring high-stake validators.</li><li>Risks of unfair rewards arise with self-reporting by validators, introducing possibilities of exploitative strategies like message count manipulation and vote withholding under the new Alpenglow model.</li><li>Chorus One's report warns of challenges related to stake and geographic concentration, economic design changes, and potential network centralization unless addressed by stricter checks and enforcement.</li></ul>

Massive Upgrade: Solana’s Alpenglow Hits 40% Fault Tolerance, Cuts MEV Profits

Discover more