{"id":35200,"date":"2025-01-20T18:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=35200"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:04:10","slug":"solana-users-hit-by-delays-after-trump-memecoins-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-users-hit-by-delays-after-trump-memecoins-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Solana Users Hit by Delays After Trump Memecoins Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solana users faced network difficulties following the recent memecoin launches by US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. Trump\u2019s advisory team launched the <strong>Official Trump<\/strong> (TRUMP) memecoin on January 18 and the <strong>Official Melania<\/strong> (MELANIA) token on January 19 on the Solana network.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of Trump and Melania\u2019s tokens brought significant trading volume to Solana, causing network congestion. Solana\u2019s blockchain explorer had not reported any new transactions up until 9:43 PM UTC on January 19. Users also reported \u201c500 Internal Server Errors\u201d while transacting on Solscan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-01\/019482fa-e335-7e19-bfc7-873192d6de61\" alt=\"solana\" width=\"1574\" height=\"1132\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>You Might Be Interested In: <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/elon-musk-shared-that-memecoin-flew-up-500\/\">Elon Musk Shared, That Memecoin Flew: Up 500%!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-users-hit-by-delays-after-trump-memecoins-debut\/#Solanas_Challenges_and_Rising_Concerns\" title=\"Solana\u2019s Challenges and Rising Concerns\">Solana\u2019s Challenges and Rising Concerns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-users-hit-by-delays-after-trump-memecoins-debut\/#Memecoin_Distribution_and_Investor_Concerns\" title=\"Memecoin Distribution and Investor Concerns\">Memecoin Distribution and Investor Concerns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-users-hit-by-delays-after-trump-memecoins-debut\/#TRUMP_Tokens_Market_Performance\" title=\"TRUMP Token\u2019s Market Performance\">TRUMP Token\u2019s Market Performance<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solanas_Challenges_and_Rising_Concerns\"><\/span>Solana\u2019s Challenges and Rising Concerns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A major outage in February 2024 forced Solana validators to restart the network after block production stalled. However, Solana claims to have maintained 100% uptime over the past 90 days with no outages since February 6, 2024.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Memecoin_Distribution_and_Investor_Concerns\"><\/span>Memecoin Distribution and Investor Concerns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Trump family\u2019s memecoins gained mainstream attention, but their token allocations have raised red flags for investors. The <strong>MELANIA<\/strong> token website claimed that 35% of the tokens were allocated to the team, 20% to both the treasury and the community, 15% to the public, and 10% for liquidity. However, blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps stated that nearly 90% of the token supply was in a single wallet, not matching the claimed distribution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-01\/019482f9-fa60-7551-8a2d-a881cd3b5ec7\" alt=\"solana\" width=\"795\" height=\"653\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TRUMP_Tokens_Market_Performance\"><\/span>TRUMP Token\u2019s Market Performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Trump\u2019s <strong>TRUMP<\/strong> token saw a $5 billion drop in market cap within 40 minutes after the launch of <strong>MELANIA<\/strong>, with its price falling by 38% from $74.6 to $45.9. As of 9:08 AM UTC, the <strong>TRUMP<\/strong> token was trading at $57.50, down 3.3% in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. Additionally, don\u2019t forget to follow us on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Telegram,\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CoinEngineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinengineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0channels for the latest\u00a0<a title=\"News\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\">news<\/a>\u00a0and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solana users faced network difficulties following the recent memecoin launches by US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. Trump\u2019s advisory team launched the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin on January 18 and the Official Melania (MELANIA) token on January 19 on the Solana network. 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