Solana (Sol) faces intense criticism from the unexpected blow-up of performance discovered on the blockchain. Dave of Cardano SPO highlighted the X issue post It generated responses among users of space.
Critics criticize Solana as “fake until you make it”
In particular, Dave observed that Solana allows bots to artificially inflate usage statistics. Dave’s main concern is that almost all of this data is incorrect, as shown in the transaction figures on the blockchain. He highlighted that a single bot has executed 11 million transactions in 30 days.
However, 99.95% of these 11 million transactions were not able to pass. Strangely, despite the large failure rate, it is reflected in Solana’s history in the amount of transactions carried out.
Solana’s low price has created the ultimate “Fake It Till You Make It” environment.
One bot sent nearly 11 million transactions in 30 days. The most interesting part? Failed 99.95% of the time.
So who cares about a bunch of failed transactions? They don’t just disappear. …pic.twitter.com/vcqbbuju5d
– Dave (@itsdave_ada) September 4, 2025
Similarly, on September 1, 2025, a total of 658,460 transactions were executed, with only 155 transactions, accounting for 0.024%, successful. The remaining 658,310 transactions (99.97%) were not able to pass.
Dave argued that Solana mislead the number to users because most of the “transactions per second” numbers are fake. He noted that these do not represent actual measures of Solana’s scalability.
Cardano SPO suggests that Solana created “fakes until you make it” in the crypto space.
The community is split as Solana’s reputation faces scrutiny
Users in response to posts claimed that excessive blowing of transaction numbers was a result of Solana’s extremely low fees. He argued that it led to exploitation of metrics.
Transaction fees remain the key measurement metrics of the crypto space, as they suggest a growth in the role of blockchain. News Solana flips Etherum Transaction fees have had a major heading in February 2025, indicating how relevant it is to users of the ecosystem.
June 2024, Justin Bonsfounder of Cyber Capital, Rose of the Solana Blockchain. At the time, Bons claimed that the network correctly marked successful successful transactions and distinguished such transactions from those that failed.
