Reported by cointelegraph, solana network activity surpassed Ethereum over the weekend amid a scaramble for solana based memecoins causing the network to struggle to keep up.                    on march 16, solana's total trading volume soared past Etherem network by more than $ 3.52 billion and beating out the daily volume on the Etherem network by more than $ 1.1 billion ,per Defillama.                                                                                                         However , the solana network struggled to keep up with the influx of activity, with many users across X complaning about frequent instances of failed or maissing transaction.                           According to solana validator data, cited by pseudonymous user ''Dagnum'' on X solana's ping time ran between 20 and 40 second at 8 pm UTC on march 16, resulting in approximatly 50% of transaction failing for around 20 minutes.                                                                                                         the huge upstick in solana network activity was driven by an outsized appetite for new memcoins. on march 14, degens began piling into a new memcoin called book of meme [BOME], which rallied from near zero to a market capitalization of $1,45 billion in just 56 hours.                                                                              Another memecoin Dubbed ''$NAP'' [NAP] also garnered significant attention from traders, rallying from a market cap of around $20 million to over $330 million in less than 18 hours.