The 75% Block Space Reclaim
Why Solana's headline TPS will drop on October 21 while true network capacity quadruples. Explore the elimination of on-chain vote transactions, 48M Compute Unit liberation, and 25ms BAM micro-auctions.
1. Block Space Allocation & 48M Compute Units
SIMD-0326Block Space Allocation Meter
Under TowerBFT, ~75% of every block is locked by validator votes. Alpenglow eliminates on-chain vote transactions, liberating all 48M Compute Units for real apps.
Zero on-chain vote transactions. Votes aggregated into 192-byte BLS certificates.
Quadrupled throughput for automated market makers, routers, and high-volume pools.
Four times higher buy/sell capacity per block with lower transaction failure rate.
Zero queue delays for payments, oracle updates, and consumer application logic.
2. The Social Media "TPS Paradox" Engine
Explorers vs RealityThe "TPS Paradox" Engine
On social media, critics ask why Solana headline TPS will appear to drop from ~3,200 to ~800 after Alpenglow. Adjust the slider below to see how headline numbers drop while real user capacity actually quadruples.
Looks high (~3250 TPS), but 2400 TPS are pure validator vote transactions!
Headline number is 100% genuine user volume. Zero vote spam on the ledger.
3. Jito BAM 25ms Micro-Auction Engine
Sub-Slot MEVJito BAM 25ms Batch Auction Visualizer
With 200ms slots (SIMD-0525), legacy 400ms bundles are obsolete. BAM slices each slot into eight 25ms discrete auction ticks to prevent toxic sandwiching and order trades at sub-second speeds.
Choose your priority fee tier to simulate where your swap or snipe lands inside the 200ms slot. BAM clears transactions in 25ms discrete batches, preventing front-running within the same tick.
4. 12M CU Account Contention Limit
DEX & Meme Pools12M Compute Unit Account Cap Engine
Under Solana rules, no single writable account can consume more than 12,000,000 CU in a single block. See how 200ms slots double the per-pool throughput by resetting the account cap 5 times per second instead of 2.5 times.
When token launches spike beyond ~461 tx/s, transactions fail with "Account In Use / Cap Exceeded" even if 90% of the rest of Solana is idle.
Because the 12M CU cap refreshes twice as frequently, a single token bonding curve can absorb double the volume before hitting contention limits.
Verified Solana Protocol Specifications
Every calculation and mechanism on this page is derived strictly from published Solana Foundation SIMDs.
Replaces TowerBFT on-chain voting transactions with aggregate BLS12-381 certificates, slashing finality to ~150ms and clearing 75% of block space.
Compresses Solana slot timing from 400ms down to 200ms, doubling per-second block production and doubling per-pool account caps.
Divides 200ms block assembly into eight 25ms discrete batch auctions, eliminating toxic sandwich MEV within sub-second trading windows.
Sub-Second Consensus & Block Space Infrastructure
Celor tracks live Alpenglow telemetry across Devnet, Testnet, and Mainnet. Access zero-overhead RPC streams and sniper engine bindings.