Solana faced a major DDoS attack but remained online despite traffic peaking near six terabits per second.
- Solana hit by one of the largest internet DDoS attacks ever recorded
- Network stayed stable despite massive data traffic
- Solana’s history includes multiple previous downtimes
Solana Faces Huge Cyber Attack
This week, the Solana blockchain was targeted in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Network co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said the attack reached 6 terabits per second. This type of attack uses many devices to send traffic to one network, trying to slow it down or stop it.
Network Stayed Strong
Despite the size of the attack, Solana did not crash. According to David Rhodus, CEO of Pipe Network, the attack was “industrial-scale,” meaning very large. Experts said the attack reached billions of data packets per second, making it one of the largest DDoS attacks in internet history. Still, Solana stayed online without major problems like lag or failing transactions.
Co-Founder Sees Positive Side
Yakovenko reacted by calling the attack “bullish,” meaning he sees strength in Solana’s ability to survive tough conditions. He suggested that someone spent as much money attacking Solana as the network earns in revenue. Pipe Network added that under this level of pressure, most systems would get slower or miss actions. But Solana showed no signs of stress.
Solana’s Past Downtime Events
This is not the first time Solana has faced network issues. In 2020, a bug stopped the network. In 2021, Solana went offline for 17 hours due to an overloaded launch event. Then in 2022, the chain had at least three downtime periods due to bugs and bot activity.
Things improved later. In 2023, there was only one major incident causing 19 hours of stoppage. In 2024, Solana went down once for almost five hours due to another bug.
How Solana Compares
For comparison, Bitcoin has had only two major downtimes in its entire history. The last time was in 2013. It currently has a reliability rating of over 99.99%. Solana is doing better than before, but it still has more outages than older blockchains like Bitcoin.
Source: cointelegraph.com
