Solana Alpenglow starts on October 21 in epoch 1064: what matters now for stakers

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.The Solana Foundation has set the date for the Alpenglow consensus upgrade: epoch 1064, Wednesday October 21, at around 15:00 UTC. If you have delegated SOL, settle two details about your validator beforehand, or the staking rewards for one epoch go missing.Solana gets a new consensus procedure on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at around 15:00 UTC. The Solana Foundation has set the date for Alpenglow at epoch 1064. For everyone who only holds or transfers Solana, nothing changes: payments become final faster in future, wallets and applications keep running as before. If you have delegated your SOL, by contrast, there is one thing to settle, and to settle beforehand. The upgrade sets two conditions for every validator. Miss them at the start of epoch 1064 and the validator no longer votes in the following epoch and produces no blocks. For the delegation attached to it, that means no staking rewards for that period. It can be checked beforehand, not afterwards. Epoch 1064 begins on ...