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Record No. 2021-12-13-solchicks-ido-congestionOutageUnverified

SolChicks IDO congests Solana

December 13, 2021

Solana slowed sharply but did not halt during the SolChicks token IDO on Raydium, which started at 14:00 UTC on December 13, 2021. Throughput reportedly fell to about 710 TPS. A similar slowdown hit the Realy IDO on December 10.

Entities

Solana
SolChicks
Raydium

Sources & citations (2)

ArticleCrypto Briefing: Solana slows to a crawl (again) (opens in a new tab)
https://cryptobriefing.com/solana-experiencing-issues-again/Accessed Oct 8, 2026Coverage of the slowdown.
ArticleEasy Crypto: Solana network congestion, December 2021 (opens in a new tab)
https://hub.easycrypto.com/news/solana-congestion-2021Accessed Oct 8, 2026Explainer on the 10 and 13 Dec slowdowns.

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