# Solana developer Anza said that Alpenglow, the network’s biggest proposed consensus overhaul to date, is live on a community test cluster.

*web3 · news · 2026-05-13 · CoinDesk*

## Key points

- Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade is live for testing on a public validator cluster.
- LayerZero admitted fault in the Kelp DAO hack, reversing its previous blame of Kelp.
- Ronin will transition from a sidechain to an Ethereum Layer 2 via a hard fork on May 12.
- Ethereum Foundation and major wallets are launching 'Clear Signing' to replace transaction code with human-readable prompts.

**Companies:** Charles Schwab, JPMorgan, LayerZero, Ronin
**Countries:** United States

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