During the October 21, 2026 Alpenglow migration, Solana will operate under its legacy voting system for the first 5,000 slots before transitioning to Alpenglow approximately 18 minutes later

How blockchain protocols make collective decisions about upgrades, funding, and rules, whether through on-chain voting, off-chain social consensus, or foundation stewardship.

How changes to Bitcoin's rules get proposed, fought over and adopted, from improvement proposals and soft forks to upgrade debates like quantum resistance.

Rules by which distributed networks agree on a shared ledger, from proof of work mining to proof of stake validation, trading off security, energy use, and decentralization.