▼Chains Compete on Time to Irreversibility

Score history

Daily conviction score, 0 to 100. Higher means the thesis is more strongly corroborated.

Now 28 · -2 since Oct 11 · ranged 28 to 30

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Why the conviction moved

• Oct 10
  Strengthened +2

  Solana's move to 200ms slots is described as groundwork before the Alpenglow consensus upgrade. This shows a major L1 compressing time-to-confirmation in stages and treating the consensus replacement as the next competitive step.

• Oct 6
  Strengthened +2

  The Solana Foundation released an open-source, audited delivery-versus-payment program, built with JPMorgan input on deadlines and token extensions, that settles institutional trades in one atomic transaction. Layer-1s are competing to eliminate the gap between trade and settlement for institutional users. JPMorgan says it does not endorse or operate the program.

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Source trail

• Supporting · October 10, 2026

  Solana finishes cutting its slot time to 200 milliseconds, half its original target, before the Alpenglow consensus upgrade

  Solana's move to 200ms slots is described as groundwork before the Alpenglow consensus upgrade. This shows a major L1 compressing time-to-confirmation in stages and treating the consensus replacement as the next competitive step.

  CryptoSlate

• Supporting · October 6, 2026

  Solana Foundation releases an open-source delivery-versus-payment program, built with JPMorgan input, that settles institutional trades in one atomic transaction

  The Solana Foundation released an open-source, audited delivery-versus-payment program, built with JPMorgan input on deadlines and token extensions, that settles institutional trades in one atomic transaction. Layer-1s are competing to eliminate the gap between trade and settlement for institutional users. JPMorgan says it does not endorse or operate the program.

  CoinDesk