TRENDING ON CARDANO: Cardano devs are Cooking hot 🔥🔥🔥 @cardano_whale raises an important point after the $TON shutdown yesterday. This was what happened: TON recently experienced a "P2P storm," a type of network assault that disrupts operations by flooding the network with transactions rather than traditional DDoS attacks. This attack exploited the peer-to-peer (P2P) network architecture, significantly slowing down block creation times from 5 seconds to 20-30 seconds. The attack could be intended to degrade performance, impact economic value, or serve as a stress test to reveal vulnerabilities. The incident highlights the evolving nature of cyber threats, which are becoming more nuanced and difficult to detect. It has prompted discussions in the tech community about improving network architecture, enhancing real-time monitoring, and developing effective response strategies. The attack serves as a wake-up call for all blockchain networks to reassess their security measures and adapt to the changing landscape of cyber warfare. @cardano_whale asked the dev community to comment on how this attack vector relates to Cardano. @MicheleHarmonic the wizard dev replied: In Cardano, transactions are kept in the local node's mempool until other nodes request them, preventing immediate network-wide flooding. To overwhelm Cardano's network, an attacker would need access to most nodes, not just one. This design makes it more resilient against flooding attacks. @SebastienGllmt replied and said: Unlike push-based networks, where transactions are immediately shared with peers, Cardano uses a pull-based system where nodes request transactions as needed. This approach prevents network flooding and ensures smooth block production even during congestion. Because Cardano nodes don't implement a fee market by default, this makes flooding attacks less effective, as nodes aren’t constantly polling for new transactions to maximize fees. Does this certify Cardano as the most unhackable Blockchain on earth?

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