Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is live. Why blockchain upgrades rarely move the price

A blockchain upgrade is a planned change to the software rules a network runs on. Solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live on Oct. 21, and its price still fell about 4% afterward. That is not a surprise. Upgrades are announced well in advance, so the market has usually priced them in long before launch day. This is worth knowing as a durable rule, not just as Solana news. Big technical milestones rarely drive immediate gains. What tends to matter more is whether people actually use the network and pay for it. This guide explains why upgrades disappoint traders, and what to watch instead. What is Alpenglow, and what does it actually change? Alpenglow is a Solana upgrade that changes how fast the network confirms transactions. According to The Motley Fool, it targets transaction finality in roughly 150 milliseconds, down from about 12.8 seconds before. Finality is the moment a transaction becomes settled and cannot be reversed.

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