Solana ecosystem developer Anza has outlined several key developments for Solana in 2026. The Alpenglow consensus engine is set to transition from the development cluster to the mainnet in the third quarter. The MCP initiative aims to break the monopoly of single leaders, enhancing censorship resistance. Bandwidth and latency improvements are planned through measures such as the introduction of XDP fragment transmission to significantly increase turbine bandwidth, raising block limits to 100M compute units, and implementing direct mapping within the Solana Virtual Machine to reduce memory copy costs. Slot times are expected to be reduced to below 400 milliseconds. Additionally, Anza plans to increase transaction sending limits and improve the validator experience by enhancing block revenue distribution and scheduling bindings. For developers, the company aims to lower long-term storage costs, expand transaction scale, and optimize on-chain programs.