Testnet

Solana has eased after reaching the $120 area, with traders watching whether a dip toward $110 to $112 can reset momentum. The Alpenglow upgrade, now active on testnet and devnet, could become a major catalyst if it successfully reaches mainnet.

Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade is now active across both public testing environments, giving application teams more room to prepare before any live-network activation. The change targets about 150 milliseconds for settlement finality, but no mainnet launch date has been announced and the performance goal remains unproven under live-market conditions.

Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade has entered public testnet as developers assess whether the network can sharply reduce transaction finality. The change targets a move from about 13 seconds to 0.15 seconds, a shift that could matter for exchanges, bridges, merchants and other high-speed applications.

Hyperliquid is preparing an enhancement to its HIP-4 upgrade that would allow permissionless deployment of prediction markets on the decentralized exchange. The feature is slated to reach testnet before mainnet, while deployers would need to stake HYPE and operate within validator-approved templates.

Bittensor’s Root Reborn proposal aims to change how TAO stakers receive yield by shifting validators into active allocation roles across AI subnets. The code is still under review for testnet use, with fixes already made after automated checks flagged issues.