Solana faces one of the biggest DDoS attacks in history; understand

Source: PortaldoBitcoin Original Title: Solana faces one of the largest DDoS attacks in history; understand Original Link: The Solana network (SOL) was targeted by a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last week. Despite an extreme volume of malicious traffic, the network managed to withstand the incident and kept its operations active, with the protocol and decentralized applications functioning normally.

The attack is considered the fourth-largest DDoS attack ever recorded in internet history, reaching a peak close to 6 Tbps (terabits per second), according to a survey by Pipe Network, a decentralized content distribution network built on Solana itself.

The attack also affected the Sui blockchain, which experienced more visible operational impacts.

What is a DDoS attack?

A DDoS attack occurs when a large volume of malicious requests is simultaneously directed at a network or system. The goal is to overload the infrastructure, exhaust its resources, and make legitimate user access difficult or impossible.

In the case of Solana, the attack peaked at nearly 6 Tbps, a volume capable of taking down most traditional internet services. For comparison, one terabit equals one trillion bits transmitted per second, making this type of offensive extremely difficult to resolve.

Despite the intensity of the attack, network metrics indicate that Solana maintained normal operation, with transaction confirmations below one second and stable block production latency.

The Sui network was also targeted by a DDoS attack, resulting in delays in block production and periods of degraded network performance.

On Tuesday morning (16), Pipe Network stated that the attack was still ongoing. Even so, recent data shows Solana processing between 3,000 and 4,000 transactions per second (TPS), with an average block time of around four seconds and an estimated network health of 98%.

These indicators reinforce that, even under a historic-scale DDoS attack, Solana was able to absorb the impact without significant interruptions, in contrast to the Sui Network.