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The Solana network is no longer as vulnerable to “sandwich attacks” as it once was, and these attacks have decreased significantly in recent times, with daily losses reduced to very limited levels.
Data shows that most of these attacks target very small transactions worth less than a dollar, meaning their impact on users is almost non-existent.
This decline is primarily due to a reduction in the frequency of speculative trading, as well as an improvement in the nature of activity on decentralized trading platforms as it becomes more organized and less random.
MEV (miner/validator extractable value) attackers have also significantly reduced their activity, as their bots have only cost no more than about 5 SOL to operate over the past month, reflecting the decline in the economic viability of these attacks.
In contrast, networks have evolved to employ technologies that more efficiently orchestrate transactions rather than exploit them, as the “Jito” platform has played a key role in this shift by improving the mechanics of executing transactions and reducing the chances of tampering.
Most trade order values are the result of legitimate competition for execution speed, not harmful behavior.
Other technological improvements, such as private transaction routing and the use of trusted execution environments, also make attack strategies more difficult.
In addition, the network has strengthened security and anti-spam measures, as well as updated working rules for moderators.
While the order of transactions within the network is still important, Solana is moving to a more balanced and fair model, such as a “transaction ordering value” system, which is designed to reduce manipulation while maintaining efficient use of space within a block.
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