Solana is working to shorten confirmation wait times, but after the upgrade, the TPS numbers might initially drop. The Alpenglow upgrade is scheduled to activate on October 21, with the official goal of reducing final confirmation time from around 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds. Currently, the mainnet has not been activated yet. Meanwhile, validator votes will no longer be counted as transactions in blocks, meaning the transaction count and TPS will need to be recalculated. Look at the statistical metrics first, then the curve—fewer votes counted doesn’t directly mean fewer users. Also, the 150-millisecond final confirmation target shouldn’t be interpreted as a guarantee for the execution of every order. Solana