# 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:** ![AndrewA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@AndrewA](https://forum.solana.com/u/AndrewA)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.solana.com/t/simd-0326-proposal-for-the-new-alpenglow-consensus-protocol/4236/42 "2025-08-18T20:02:27Z")

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> [@Roger](#):
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> Additionally, leaders are rewarded with a flat bonus for including fast-finalization or finalization certificates, recognizing the higher computational cost of processing aggregate signatures.

Could you share where the specific flat bonus rewards are detailed in the proposal?

I only found the rewards for voting or aggregating votes detailed.

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