In an orchestrated experiment, Solana simulated an extremely high-throughput scenario, pushing the network to over 100,000 TPS for a short period on Sunday, Aug. 17.

This stress test involved flooding the blockchain with a large volume of “no op” transactions, i.e., transactions that don’t actually do anything meaningful.

While requiring less compute than more complex transactions, no-op transactions still require signature verification and virtual machine instantiation. These are “highly non-trivial operations,” the Solana researcher behind the test explained .

https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/solana-surpasses-100000-tps-stress-test/