# SIMD-0326: Proposal for the New Alpenglow Consensus Protocol

**URL:** <https://forum.solana.com/t/simd-0326-proposal-for-the-new-alpenglow-consensus-protocol/4236>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Tags:** core\
**Created:** [August 14, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.solana.com/t/simd-0326-proposal-for-the-new-alpenglow-consensus-protocol/4236 "2025-08-14T17:23:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ripatel-jump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@ripatel-jump](https://forum.solana.com/u/ripatel-jump)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.solana.com/t/simd-0326-proposal-for-the-new-alpenglow-consensus-protocol/4236/2 "2025-08-14T21:46:56Z")

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Strong support from Firedancer regarding replacement of the consensus algorithm. These simplifications save months of work getting TowerBFT edge cases right. Thank you to the Alpenglow team for this important contribution.

I won’t comment on reward changes, but looking forward to hear from validator operators.

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