diff --git a/src/proto/alpha/constants_repr.ml b/src/proto/alpha/constants_repr.ml
--- a/src/proto/alpha/constants_repr.ml
+++ b/src/proto/alpha/constants_repr.ml
@@ -50,15 +50,14 @@ let read_public_key s =
   Ed25519.Public_key.of_bytes (Bytes.of_string (Hex_encode.hex_decode s))
 
 let default = {
-  cycle_length = 2048l ;
-  voting_period_length = 32768l ;
+  cycle_length = 64l ;
+  voting_period_length = 1024l ;
   time_before_reward =
     Period_repr.of_seconds_exn
-      (* One year in seconds *)
-      Int64.(mul 365L (mul 24L 3600L)) ;
+      Int64.(mul 12L 3600L) ;
   slot_durations =
-    List.map Period_repr.of_seconds_exn [ 60L ] ;
-  first_free_mining_slot = 16 ;
+    List.map Period_repr.of_seconds_exn [ 60L ; 30L ; 30L ; 30L ; 10L ] ;
+  first_free_mining_slot = 4 ;
   max_signing_slot = 15 ;
   instructions_per_transaction = 16 * 1024 ;
   proof_of_work_threshold =
diff --git a/src/node/shell/distributed_db_message.ml b/src/node/shell/distributed_db_message.ml
--- a/src/node/shell/distributed_db_message.ml
+++ b/src/node/shell/distributed_db_message.ml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ let encoding =
 
 let versions =
   let open P2p.Version in
-  [ { name = "TEZOS" ;
+  [ { name = "TEZOS_ALPHANET" ;
       major = 0 ;
       minor = 5 ;
     }