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Nearly 29% of Solana Stake Went Offline. The Chain Kept Making Blocks.
TeraSwitch lost internet at 13 sites on Aug. 12, 2026. The Solana Foundation says nearly 29% of stake went offline. Blocks still landed.
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Solana Raised Block Capacity to 100 Million Compute Units. Per-Account Limits Did Not Change
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Solana Validators Without a BLS Key Are Already Out of Consensus. That Is Not Alpenglow.
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Solana RWA Metrics Explained: Why RWA.xyz and Tokens.xyz Show Different Tokenized Asset Totals
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Solana Slot Times Now 300ms Live: SIMD-0525 Cuts from 400ms, 200ms Next Without Extra Capacity
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MoneyGram Ramps Is Live on Solana: Cash Access Depends on Country, Fees, and Integrations
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Solana Cuts On-Chain Storage Deposit 9% as SIMD-0437 Rent Reduction Step 1 Goes Live
Solana lowered the refundable storage deposit by about 9% on Sept. 3, 2026. The full 90% rent cut is not live.
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Solana Alpenglow Not Live on Mainnet: Agave 4.3 and SIMD-0326 Timeline Explained
Alpenglow is Solana's planned next consensus protocol. Official pages still list it as in development, not live on mainnet.
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