Consensus

How Solana consensus works for builders - TowerBFT and PoH historically, vote accounts, confirmation levels, and the Alpenglow direction with Votor and Rotor - what changes for clients versus what stays the same.

Forks, confirmations, and finality on Solana.

The vote-based BFT consensus in the Agave era.

How validators vote and lockouts work.

The Votor + Rotor design and ~100–150 ms finality goals.

processed / confirmed / finalized and their trade-offs.

Choosing the right commitment for your app.