The Solana Foundation’s October 1 engineering changelog lists Alpenglow as a notable Devnet feature gate and records releases across core clients, developer tools and program SDKs.
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The Solana Foundation has announced Solana DvP, an open-source escrow program and API intended for delivery-versus-payment settlement on Solana.
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Zano restarted its blockchain from block 3,833,000 after a Gateway Address vulnerability was exploited twice, leading to the creation of approximately 36.9 million unauthorized ZANO.
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Open Standard has launched Open USD (OUSD) on Solana, with Bridge issuing the stablecoin and five founding partners committing more than $1 billion to establish liquidity.
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The Solana Foundation says its analysis of reduced slot times found stable skip rates, shorter dead-time periods and a smaller contiguous leadership window at the current 250ms target, while vote latency rose most in Asia and South America.
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The Blockchain Association said Summer Mersinger will leave the CEO role on October 16, with founding leader Kristin Smith returning as interim CEO the following day. Mersinger will remain an adviser through the end of 2026.
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