Solana completed a two-week bug bounty competition for its Alpenglow upgrade, receiving over 300 vulnerability reports from global security researchers. The upgrade aims to drastically reduce transaction finality times from 12.8 seconds to 100-150 milliseconds by overhauling the consensus mechanism. The bounty offered up to 50,000 SOL in rewards, distributed based on bug severity, with payouts locked for a year. This marks the first large-scale security test for Alpenglow, with results and payouts pending final review by September 2.
Solana is considering a proposal to reduce future SOL issuance by 18.9 million tokens over six years, potentially increasing its value by slowing supply growth. The network recently set a new record with over 1.5 million agentic (automated) transacti...
Bitcoin options with a notional value of about $6.4 billion are set to expire on August 28, 2026. This large expiry could influence market positioning and volatility, though the actual impact on Bitcoin's price depends on factors like strike distribu...
Solana has implemented its first rent reduction on the testnet, lowering on-chain storage fees by 90% from 6,960 to 696 lamports per byte. This change makes maintaining token accounts about ten times cheaper, reducing costs from roughly $0.16 to $0.0...
Solana's token (SOL) surged past $109 on August 27, 2026, reaching its highest level in eight months and gaining 45% against Bitcoin over the past month. This rise occurred despite Bitcoin testing near $80,000, showing strong trader interest in Solan...
Solana (SOL) surged to $109.41 on 27 August, its highest level this year, outperforming Bitcoin which hovered just below $80,000. The price jump followed Solana's first on-chain governance vote, which approved proposals to tighten SOL supply and rest...
