Solana Upgrades
Track network changes, validator actions, client support, and rollout status for Solana protocol and performance upgrades.
Agave 4.3
PlannedExpected October 2026Alpenglow
Faster finality with Solana's next consensus protocol
New Cryptography Schemes
Native syscalls for BN254 G2 and BLS12-381 curve operations
Agave 4.2
ShippedAugust 2026Agave 4.2 Release Overview
Cheaper rent, larger transactions, and faster slots — with Alpenglow on deck
Reduced Slot Times
Cutting slot times from 400ms to 200ms
Reduced Rent
Cutting the cost of on-chain storage by 90%
Larger Transaction Sizes
Raising the maximum transaction size from 1232 to 4096 bytes
Agave 4.1
ShippedMay 2026100M CU Blocks
Raising Solana's block limit from 60M to 100M compute units
BLS Pubkey and the Validator Admission Ticket
The VAT feature gate is live on mainnet, register a BLS pubkey to stay in consensus
XDP on Solana
Kernel-bypass networking for faster block propagation on Solana
Optimized Token Program
Up to 98% More Efficient Token Operations on Solana
Agave 4.3
PlannedExpected October 2026Agave 4.2
ShippedAugust 2026Cheaper rent, larger transactions, and faster slots — with Alpenglow on deck