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After Solana’s DDoS attack, crypto watchers cast doubt on Proof-of-History
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Things appear to be back to business for Solana, after the fifth biggest blockchain suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that jammed the network and led to delays all around.
But since then, some crypto users have been trying to analyze the root cause of the attack and whether it could happen to other chains. In fact, even Polkadot retweeted a conversation related to the security of its own chain.
Things came to a head when the CIO of an investment firm pointed a finger at Solana’s Proof-of-History consensus mechanism.
For his part, Justin Bons tweeted,
“…Solana was DDoS attacked again yesterday This attack exploited fundamental design flaws which are considered features by SOL As it sacrifices decentralization & security for
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