Key Takeaways

How did Solana handle the AWS outage?

Solana stayed fully operational with zero throughput drop, thanks to its independent validator network and minimal reliance on centralized cloud services.

What could this resilience mean for Solana’s future?

Institutional confidence rose as Solana’s stablecoin market cap topped $15B, suggesting growing trust and potential price upside despite short-term chart resistance.

On the 20th of October, an hours-long outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) sent shock waves across the digital economy. The outages also rippled through the crypto sector — a space that prides itself on decentralization.

According to past reports, the disruption hit major platforms hard. Even non-custodial wallets that give users full control of their funds were not spared.

Coinbase’s Base, MetaMask and Crypto.com all came to a near standstill.

But while the majority stumbled, SOL stood tall

However, Solana [SOL] recorded zero throughput drop during the AWS disruption. In fact, Solana was ranked the best-performing blockchain among Layer-1 tokens during the AWS Cloud outage.

Transactions per second (TPS) remained stable, and validator participation was unaffected.

This stability puts Solana ahead of its peers on other Ethereum [ETH] Layer-2 networks that struggled due to their reliance on AWS and Infura.

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Author: Kelvin Murithi