In the early morning on Tuesday it was unfortunately that time again. Solana (SOL) was again the victim of a large-scale attack. This time there was a so-called distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The network was overloaded with spam transactions and was even temporarily off the air. Criticism of the Solana network has flared up again as a result of this new attack.
Solana DDoS
This attack is already the third of its kind in just a few months. This time, the network also went offline for some time because the network was simply completely overloaded. However, it was not long before the problems were solved and the network was back live went.
Solana went down again at two o’clock in the morning (UTC+8) on January 4th. According to users of the official Telegram community, the attacker is suspected of using spam to conduct a DDoS attack.
– Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 4, 2022
Solana’s team has not released any official details yet. However, the criticism of the Solana network in response to another major attack is getting louder. According to many Isn’t it normal that a blockchain network like Solana is so easy to get out of thin air?
Criticism
The questions about the stability of the network already existed after the first attack. We are now two attacks further and these questions only seem more relevant. Many people are now wondering if Solana isn’t fundamentally simply short comes.
It is not the intention that a blockchain network can be rendered harmless with a simple DDoS attack. This is actually only possible because the Solana network is not designed in the right way, according to many critics.
“Blaming the attackers is not completely fair. A well-designed blockchain shouldn’t be able to have attackers, it should blocks to continue producing within the parameters of the network, not perish because someone transacts spam,”
Despite the troubles with the stability of the network, Solana has done quite well over the past year. The price has really exploded and during 2021 the number of Solana wallets has increased by certainly 4.400% increased.
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