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Alpenglow Vote Transaction Reclassification
Updated 21 October 2026
The argument: Solana's Alpenglow upgrade will restructure how validator voting is recorded, causing reported transaction volumes and throughput metrics to decline even though actual user activity and network utilization remain constant. Data providers and analytics services must recalibrate their baseline metrics to account for the removal of vote transactions from reported counts.
How attention has changed
3.8% of Solana coverage
Rolling 3-day share · as of 21 Oct 2026
This measures attention in published coverage, not the likelihood of a price move.
| Date | Share of coverage |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | 1.9% |
| 2026-09-28 | 2.2% |
| 2026-09-29 | 2.1% |
| 2026-09-30 | 0% |
| 2026-10-01 | 0% |
| 2026-10-02 | 0% |
| 2026-10-03 | 0% |
| 2026-10-04 | 0% |
| 2026-10-05 | 0% |
| 2026-10-06 | 0% |
| 2026-10-07 | 0% |
| 2026-10-08 | 0% |
| 2026-10-09 | 0% |
| 2026-10-10 | 0% |
| 2026-10-11 | 0% |
| 2026-10-12 | 0% |
| 2026-10-13 | 0% |
| 2026-10-14 | 0% |
| 2026-10-15 | 2.2% |
| 2026-10-16 | 4.5% |
| 2026-10-17 | 4.2% |
| 2026-10-18 | 2% |
| 2026-10-19 | 0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 3.8% |
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The argument and its evidence
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Recent coverage
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Crypto News · Published 20 Oct 2026
Solana’s Yakovenko questions Alpenglow build as vote transactions exit
In coverage record: 21 Oct 2026
“Solana Foundation's migration guidance tells explorers and analytics services to reset transaction-count and TPS baselines because vote transactions will disappear from blocks. A total that includes votes will fall even if payments, trades, and other non-vote transactions remain unchanged.”
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Finbold · Published 19 Oct 2026
Solana's biggest upgrade could trigger a massive drop in reported transactions
In coverage record: 20 Oct 2026
“Since the Alpenglow update will move all validator votes entirely off-chain, SOL's reported transactions per second could drop by about 60%.”
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Decrypt · Published 15 Oct 2026
Morning Minute: Solana Is About To Get Faster
In coverage record: 16 Oct 2026
“Validators currently cast their votes as transactions on the chain. Under Alpenglow they vote directly to each other instead, which means Solana's headline transaction count and TPS figures are about to fall off a cliff.”
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CoinDesk · Published 14 Oct 2026
SOL news: Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150
In coverage record: 15 Oct 2026
“Their current voting charges of roughly 1 SOL per epoch will disappear, replaced by a flat admission fee of 0.8 SOL.”
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Earlier coverage
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CoinDesk · Published 26 Sep 2026
Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
In coverage record: 27 Sep 2026
“Transaction totals that include validator votes will shrink even if users make just as many payments and trades”
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