Solana hard-fork coin
Alpenglow

Alpenglow (SIMD-0326) is a parallel experimental network centered on Votor consensus and Rotor propagation optimizations, aiming—while remaining compatible with the Solana ecosystem—to push finality down to ~100–150 ms, improve fault tolerance, and reduce network-wide propagation overhead. For you, this means: lower-slippage high-frequency trading, smoother real-time on-chain gaming, and a "tap-to-confirm" payment experience.

~100–150ms

Target transaction finality (under healthy network conditions)

20% + 20%

Malicious + offline fault-tolerance targets (maintaining block production and confirmations)

One-hop priority

Rotor data propagation strategy that reduces latency and bandwidth usage

Why fork Solana?

Keep the mainnet stable; iterate faster with Alpenglow as an experimental environment:
• No forced migration; the community retains choice
• Latency-sensitive applications benefit first (payments, market making, gaming)
• Build practical evidence for future mainnet upgrades (measurable parameters and implementations)

Intended for

  • High-frequency DeFi / market making & liquidation
  • Real-time on-chain games / NFT interactions
  • Payments / acquiring / institutional settlement
  • DePIN / IoT and AI-assisted services

Cooperative Partner

Core Objectives

On the foundation of compatibility with the existing Solana ecosystem, achieve three major improvements through Votor and Rotor, while driving sustainable evolution via governance.

Ultra-fast Finality

Replace multi-round confirmations with a more direct voting path, reducing the wait for "irreversibility" to ~0.1–0.15s; perceived by users as "click-to-confirm".

  • Experience close to Web2, reducing anxiety over failures and rollbacks
  • Supports high-frequency strategies and low-slippage trading
  • Better suited for real-time battles and on-chain settlement

Enhanced Network Resilience

Designed to sustain block production and confirmation even under 20% malicious + 20% offline conditions, reducing the risk of downtime during extreme events.

  • Degraded operation possible under localized attacks/outages
  • Lower probability of interruptions to on-chain finance and applications
  • Better suited for large-scale real-world scenarios

Efficient Propagation & Sustainable Scaling

Rotor’s one-hop-priority propagation reduces relay overhead; parameters and implementations are measurable, providing evidence for future scaling and mainnet integration.

  • Faster network-wide consensus, fewer forks
  • Lower bandwidth costs and node stress
  • Paves the way for higher throughput in the future

Developer-Friendly

Seamlessly integrated with the existing Solana ecosystem, ready-to-use, reducing migration and integration costs; reserves standardized pathways for AI-native applications.

  • Fully compatible with Solana SDK and Anchor; existing contracts/tools can be reused directly
  • Supports Token-2022 extensions: privacy transfers, compliance audits, and more with one-click activation
  • Reserved AI modules: on-chain data acceleration + standardized AI oracle interfaces

What is Alpenglow

Since the launch of its mainnet in 2020, Solana has been committed to building a high-performance, low-cost, decentralized blockchain platform. After years of iteration, Solana is now undergoing its largest protocol upgrade yet—Alpenglow. To ensure the smooth rollout of this upgrade, Solana is launching a brand-new hard-fork chain: Solana Alpenglow Network with the native token: $aSOLX, serving as a transitional and experimental network to help developers, community members, and ecosystem partners adapt more quickly. With the introduction of the $aSOLX token, strengthened governance mechanisms, and broad participation from developers, we expect Alpenglow to become the core infrastructure supporting real-time finance, next-generation gaming, and AI-driven applications.

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Get early access to the foundational asset of the Alpenglow era. Faster finality, stronger resilience, built for next-generation applications. For users who missed the chance to buy SOL at $0.22, Alpenglow offers a brand-new entry window: join the upgraded network at the most favorable price possible, and stake aSOLX to earn rewards.

Alpenglow Tokenomics

Alpenglow Roadmap

Building the next-generation high-performance blockchain ecosystem, we have ambitious plans for the future

2025 July
2025 August
2025 September
2025 October
2025 November
2025 December
2026 Q1

Ecosystem Integration & CEX Partnerships

• Dual active integration of stablecoins and oracles; key ecosystem applications going live.
• Initiate compliance evaluations and listing processes with leading CEXs (including Binance, OKX, KuCoin, and other major exchanges), advancing PoR (Proof of Reserves) collaborations in parallel.
• Ongoing optimization of network monitoring and performance alerts.

Alpenglow Community Airdrop

Recognize early contributors and builders. Provide incentives for long-term ecosystem participation.

10,000

Alpenglow Hacker House

Solana Mobile Announcement

Alpenglow Afternoon Tea - Bangkok Station

Meet like-minded people in the aroma of coffee. We also prepared an air-drop mission card for every user who came to the event, as well as a commemorative Alpenglow pin.

Solana Breakpoint 2022

Alpenglow - San Francisco

Alpenglow's first batch of backers meet offline to share their views on the project, blockchain industry trends, and how to build a vibrant ecosystem. We don't talk about big words, we only talk about sincerity, welcome new friends to join us, and welcome old friends to continue to walk with us.

New York Hacker House

Alpenglow - New York

Running around, the Hacker House in New York City There was a long line out the door.

6,000

Developers Build During Alpenglow Hackathon

Seoul Hacker House

Alpenglow - Seoul

A light salon for Web3 enthusiasts, where we'll share the latest trends in the Solana ecosystem, Alpenglow's Layer2 technical thinking, and how to get involved in early community building. There will also be a commemorative POAP NFT available for pickup at the event.

4,300

London Hacker House

Alpenglow - Singapore

There were no speeches, no PPTs, just a group of blockchain-loving friends sitting around talking about Solana's speed, Alpenglow's opportunities, and why we believe the industry is far from peaking.

Seoul Hacker House

Alpenglow - London

A light salon for Web3 enthusiasts, where we'll share the latest trends in the Solana ecosystem, Alpenglow's Layer2 technical thinking, and how to get involved in early community building. There will also be a commemorative POAP NFT available for pickup at the event.

New Delhi Hacker House

Alpenglow - New Delhi

Designers, content creators, and community operators came together to brainstorm on how aSOLX can appeal to millennials.

1,082

Solana Miami

Alpenglow - Miami

For the earliest early adopters who participated in the pre-sale, retweeted and spread the word, and gave positive feedback on product suggestions, Alpenglow hosted a small closed-door gathering. We listened to everyone's voices and shared some product progress that we haven't revealed publicly yet.

10,000

Alpenglow Hacker House

Solana Mobile Announcement

Alpenglow Afternoon Tea - Bangkok Station

Meet like-minded people in the aroma of coffee. We also prepared an air-drop mission card for every user who came to the event, as well as a commemorative Alpenglow pin.

Solana Breakpoint 2022

Alpenglow - San Francisco

Alpenglow's first batch of backers meet offline to share their views on the project, blockchain industry trends, and how to build a vibrant ecosystem. We don't talk about big words, we only talk about sincerity, welcome new friends to join us, and welcome old friends to continue to walk with us.

New York Hacker House

Alpenglow - New York

Running around, the Hacker House in New York City There was a long line out the door.

6,000

Developers Build During Alpenglow Hackathon

Seoul Hacker House

Alpenglow - Seoul

A light salon for Web3 enthusiasts, where we'll share the latest trends in the Solana ecosystem, Alpenglow's Layer2 technical thinking, and how to get involved in early community building. There will also be a commemorative POAP NFT available for pickup at the event.

4,300

London Hacker House

Alpenglow - Singapore

There were no speeches, no PPTs, just a group of blockchain-loving friends sitting around talking about Solana's speed, Alpenglow's opportunities, and why we believe the industry is far from peaking.

Seoul Hacker House

Alpenglow - London

A light salon for Web3 enthusiasts, where we'll share the latest trends in the Solana ecosystem, Alpenglow's Layer2 technical thinking, and how to get involved in early community building. There will also be a commemorative POAP NFT available for pickup at the event.

New Delhi Hacker House

Alpenglow - New Delhi

Designers, content creators, and community operators came together to brainstorm on how aSOLX can appeal to millennials.

1,082

Solana Miami

Alpenglow - Miami

For the earliest early adopters who participated in the pre-sale, retweeted and spread the word, and gave positive feedback on product suggestions, Alpenglow hosted a small closed-door gathering. We listened to everyone's voices and shared some product progress that we haven't revealed publicly yet.