Solana News Today: Solana’s 100K TPS Breakthrough Silences Doubts, Rewrites the Narrative

Solana, a high-performance blockchain platform, has recently broken through a major technological milestone by surpassing 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) during a mainnet stress test in August 2025. This achievement marks a significant leap from its earlier capacity of 65,000 TPS and cements Solana’s position as a leading contender in the blockchain scalability race. The platform’s architecture, which combines Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and Proof-of-History (PoH) consensus mechanisms, has allowed it to maintain efficiency and speed while addressing the persistent challenges of network outages and developer attrition that plagued the platform between 2020 and 2024.

The TPS figure is more than a symbolic achievement; it reflects the practical capacity of the network to handle large-scale applications such as decentralized exchanges (DEXs), restaking protocols, and NFT minting platforms. In July 2025, Solana further enhanced its scalability by increasing its block capacity by 20%, which allows for more compute units per block. This upgrade enables the inclusion of more complex transactions, such as those required for advanced dApps and multi-step smart contract interactions, without hitting computational limits.

The network’s resilience is also evident in its recent uptime performance. According to the Solana Ecosystem Report (H1 2025) by Helius, the blockchain has experienced over 15 consecutive months of continuous uptime since February 2024, its longest such streak since its launch. This is a marked improvement from previous years, when outages due to bugs and spam attacks frequently disrupted operations and fueled skepticism among investors and developers.

Despite these advancements, Solana has faced considerable scrutiny in recent years. The collapse of FTX in November 2022, a major exchange that had heavily invested in Solana, led to a sharp sell-off that saw the price of SOL plummet by 40% in a single day. This, coupled with recurring network outages and the proliferation of fraudulent activities such as rug pulls and pump-and-dump schemes, has led to frequent questions about the platform’s viability. However, the Solana Foundation and its developer community have continued to implement fixes and upgrades that have gradually restored confidence in the network.

In terms of ecosystem growth, Solana remains one of the most active blockchain platforms. In 2024, it surpassed Ethereum as the top ecosystem for new developers, with 7,625 new developers joining between Q3 2023 and Q1 2025—representing an 83% growth. The platform also leads in Real Economic Value (REV), generating over $550 million in January 2025 alone. Additionally, Solana’s DeFi Total Value Locked (TVL) remains second only to Ethereum, hovering around $8–9 billion with a 18% quarter-on-quarter growth. These metrics indicate that the platform is not only surviving but thriving in a competitive market.

The recent surge in TPS and ongoing improvements to the network’s infrastructure have drawn attention from both technical experts and investors. Jonathan Carter, a crypto market technician, has noted that Solana’s price structure shows signs of a potential bullish reversal. According to Carter’s analysis, the price is currently retesting the upper boundary of a long-formed Ascending Triangle, with resistance levels forming around the $180–$185 range. A successful breakout from this pattern could set the stage for a return to higher price targets, including $205, $225, and potentially even $268.

While market conditions remain volatile and speculative, the combination of Solana’s robust technical foundation, active development, and growing ecosystem suggests that it is far from being “dead.” The platform continues to innovate and adapt, demonstrating that it can withstand periods of skepticism and emerge stronger. As the crypto market continues to evolve, Solana’s ability to handle high transaction volumes with minimal latency positions it as a key player in the next phase of blockchain adoption.

Source: [1] Is Solana Dead? The Truth Behind the FUD (https://www.bitdegree.org/crypto/tutorials/is-solana-dead)