October 30, 2026

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Latest news: Validators

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Solana · Oct 22

Solana Alpenglow Goes Live on Mainnet, Replacing TowerBFT

Solana switched from TowerBFT to Alpenglow consensus on October 21; Anza puts finality at about 150 ms.

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Cosmos · Oct 10

Cosmos Adds Post-Quantum ML-DSA Keys in Ledger Security 2026.1

Cosmos chains can now move validators and accounts to ML-DSA signatures one key at a time.