Solana blockchain suffers the most powerful DDoS attack in history

The Solana blockchain SOL $126.41 Binance-Peg SOL 0.10% Market capitalization $0.14 billion VOL. 24 hours $0.34 billion is experiencing one of the most powerful DDoS attacks in history, which has been going on for over a week. According to the SolanaFloor analytical service, the attack intensity reached 6 Tbps, making the incident the fourth largest in the world — along with cyberattacks on Google Cloud, Cloudflare, and AWS infrastructure. Despite the huge volume of incoming traffic, Solana’s network continues to operate normally without stopping transaction processing.

According to the Pipe Network team, the average transaction confirmation time remains stable at about 450 ms, and the p90 indicator does not exceed 700 ms. Anatoly Yakovenko, founder of Solana, called the current situation a «bullish» signal, emphasizing that the network’s resilience under such a large-scale attack demonstrates its technical maturity. At the same time, the market price of the SOL token dropped by 4% overnight and is hovering around $ 127 at the time of publication.

Against the backdrop of the Solana events, another first-tier blockchain network, Sui, suffered a similar DDoS attack on December 14. There, the attack led to short-term delays in the formation of blocks, but also did not cause critical consequences for the network’s functioning.

Despite the technical difficulties, Solana retained its status as the most popular blockchain among global investors in 2025, although its share decreased to 26.79%, which is 12% less than a year earlier, according to CoinGecko. Experts attribute this to limitations in expanding the ecosystem beyond meme coin speculation and the sideways dynamics of the SOL price, despite the launch of ETFs in the United States.

In the popularity ranking, Solana is followed by Coinbase 's Base network (13.94%) and Ethereum (13.43%). Sui and BNB Chain showed the largest growth over the year, rising to 11.77% and 9.05%, respectively. Analysts note that BNB Chain has strengthened its position after the launch of Binance Alpha and the dismissal of the exchange’s founder Чанпен Чжао" href="https://noworries.news/biography/chanpen-chzhao/" data-bio-id="3681">Changpeng Zhao, which has had a positive impact on brand perception and investor confidence.