Solana decentralization holds in AWS outage: No throughput drop
On October 20, 2025, an AWS US-East-1 outage from DNS and DynamoDB issues lasted 16 hours. Coinbase, Base, MetaMask, and Infura went offline. Ethereum Layer-2s like Polygon and Arbitrum faced significant disruptions.
Solana's unbroken performance
Solana sustained full operations. Transactions per second and validator participation held steady. Few validators rely on AWS, with most using independent or diverse setups. Solana topped Layer-1 blockchain performance.
Key resilience drivers
Proof-of-History consensus and global validators ensured stability. Solana’s stablecoin market cap hit $15 billion post-outage, per DeFiLlama. This reflects growing institutional confidence.
Centralization risks exposed
The outage highlighted crypto’s reliance on centralized infrastructure. Layer-1s like Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum outperformed Layer-2s. Experts urge broader backend diversification. Solana’s resilience rebuts earlier outage critiques.
Author
Jacob Lazurek
Coinpaprika
In the dynamic world of technology and cryptocurrencies, my career trajectory has been deeply rooted in continuous exploration and effective communication.
