Solana Weighs Significant Changes to Deal With Network Demand

Solana stakeholders are weighing tough choices in an effort to improve the usability of the fast-rising blockchain network.

A rush of user activity on the Solana blockchain network is bringing with it some considerable challenges.

Among them is chain congestion so great that it has prompted stakeholders within the blockchain ecosystem to consider major changes to the network’s operations. At the same time, a significant increase in DeFi activity has given way to malicious actors who seek to exploit the network’s low fees at the expense of other users.

In an effort to address the latter concern, Jito Labs, the Solana infrastructure developer, announced Friday evening that it was shutting down its mempool—one of the company’s key offerings—after the service was repeatedly manipulated to enable bot attacks on Solana users during periods of heightened network activity.