Solana Network Goes Offline Again, Now DDoS Attack May Be Reason

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“Ethereum killer” is down again

“Ethereum killer” Solana has broken down again, for the fourth time in the past 12 months, WuBlockchain reports.

According to the Solana community’s telegram group, the DDoS attack may be the main reason behind the downtime on the main network. Users suspect that spam has overloaded the network.

The attack was probably caused by the constant creation of empty transactions on the network which act as congestion material and take the network offline.

The network regained its functionality at 7 a.m. UTC+8 on Jan. 4. It is as yet unclear if developers have taken any measures to resurrect the network’s transaction processing capabilities.

Community reaction

Due to a constant rivalry between “Ethereum maxis” and alternative network enthusiasts, community activity increased dramatically as users began to accuse network developers of the inability to maintain the stable functionality of Solana.

More fuel has been added to the discussion as users are remembering previous downtimes on the network. Recently, users experienced an issue with transaction processing. One of the biggest decentralized exchanges on the network, Raydium, has experienced issues with launching a liquidity pool that went offline due to the network’s inability to process thousands of transactions.

Solana goes down

While a slow network can be unpleasant when using decentralized solutions, complete downtime was also the case for Solana before. In September, the blockchain went offline after reaching 400,000 TPS. Due to heavy congestion, the network became forked and broke. To restart the blockchain, the developers had to appeal to the community of validators.

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