Solana suffers historic-scale DDoS attack, network resilience tested

2025-12-16 07:20:13

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【Crypto World】In the past week, Solana has faced a significant test—suffering a sustained DDoS attack, ranking fourth in scale in the history of distributed systems, which shows how intense it was. Many are concerned about potential impacts on the network, but the official response is that there has been no impact on network performance so far.

This actually reflects Solana’s core design philosophy—its architecture is built to remain stable even under extreme pressure. To briefly explain what a DDoS attack is: hackers control a large number of devices to flood the target system with massive requests, aiming to exhaust the network bandwidth or computational resources, leading to congestion or service interruption. It sounds fierce, but Solana withstood this attack.

This incident can also be seen as a real test of the robustness of public chains. In the Web3 ecosystem, network security and stability are always the top concerns for all users.

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SighingCashier

· 12-19 04:03

Hmm... Solana really is impressive this time, surviving the fourth-largest DDoS in history, which shows that their architecture has indeed been well designed. Wait, is this really no impact or just talk? Can we really believe this kind of thing? Without comparison, there's no harm. Other chains would have been down long ago if they faced this situation. It's quite interesting, a good opportunity to test the network's resilience in real-world conditions. Continuing to observe. Everyone knows stability is important, but the key is whether it can truly withstand the pressure. This time, it barely counts as passing. However, I still want to know what those attackers are trying to prove. Are they bored? They're hyping it up now, but if problems arise later, they'll be the first to crash and burn. It seems the Solana team has some real skills in bottom-layer optimization. Other public chains should learn from them.

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CryptoHistoryClass

· 12-18 15:46

4th largest DDoS in history and SOL didn't even flinch? honestly kinda reminds me of 2017 when everyone thought every little stress test would break bitcoin... spoiler: it didn't. pattern recognition moment right here

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NFTPessimist

· 12-18 14:36

Huh, a historic-level DDoS was withstood? This architecture really has some substance. --- Once again proving that stability > speed, Solana this time is not a loss. --- Can the fourth-largest scale remain unnoticed? What does that indicate? --- If it held up, it held up; no need to boast. --- Now I'm full of confidence, but we need to see if any surprises come up later. --- Security is awesome, but the ecosystem is the key, right?

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EternalMiner

· 12-18 01:42

The fourth-level DDoS attack in history didn't cause a crash; this is true passing of the test. Solana's architecture design truly lived up to the hype; the stress test was completed automatically. Hacker: I'm smashing... Network: I just won't move. Now those who questioned Solana's stability should shut up, right? Only by holding up can you have the right to speak. Can other public chains be hammered like this?

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LiquidityLarry

· 12-16 07:50

This time, SOL really didn't fake it; it withstood the attack that ranks fourth in history. That's true resilience. Solid architecture is not just talk; it passed the stress test. But speaking of which, who is behind this move? There should be quite a few people eager to watch the show.

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BetterLuckyThanSmart

· 12-16 07:48

SOL has indeed stabilized this time, but it still feels a bit uncertain... Fourth in history for DDoS attacks. Not gonna lie, if it were on another chain, it would have been blown up long ago. This architecture design really has some substance. Now those who were criticizing SOL should shut up, haha. Everyone who has actually run SOL knows that its stability is truly unmatched. This time, it's the official slap in the face to those skeptics. A public chain that can't even withstand DDoS attacks, how dare it to be involved in Web3? Laughing to death.

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ChainSpy

· 12-16 07:41

The fourth-largest DDoS attack still didn't cause a disconnect; this architecture design is truly impressive, thumbs up --- Honestly, Solana's move this time gained a lot of fans; it remained stable at a critical moment --- Wait, the fourth in history with zero impact? Not bragging, this is exactly what a true public chain should look like --- Despite such fierce hacking attacks, their TPS remains as fast as ever, which is a bit unbelievable --- So what about other chains? How would they handle this level of DDoS? I just want to quietly see --- This is what real stress testing looks like, much more meaningful than any testnet --- Good resilience is indeed great, but I still want to know who is behind the hackers; this matter is a bit mysterious

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RamenDeFiSurvivor

· 12-16 07:38

Solana is really tough this time. Even the fourth-largest DDoS in history didn't scare it. Now that's the kind of public chain it should be.

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LiquidationWatcher

· 12-16 07:24

Solana is really stable this time. It withstood the fourth-largest DDoS in history. This is what a public chain should look like.

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