SOL Experiences Blockchain Outage, Block Progression Halted
SOL has confirmed an outage on its blockchain, causing block progression to halt. According to Solana, engineers are currently investigating the outage on mainnet-beta, but the cause is still unknown.
This latest outage is the first since February 2023, according to Solana’s status page. Although still in beta, Solana has experienced a series of outages in 2022 due to node issues and even went offline for almost 18 hours in September 2021.
Hot Take: SOL Faces Blockchain Outage
SOL, the popular cryptocurrency, recently encountered a blockchain outage that resulted in block progression coming to a standstill. The incident has prompted engineers from various sectors of the ecosystem to investigate the problem on mainnet-beta. Unfortunately, the cause of this outage remains unknown.
This is not the first time Solana has faced such difficulties. Despite being in beta, it has experienced multiple outages throughout 2022 due to node issues. Moreover, in September 2021, it went offline for nearly 18 hours. This recent setback serves as a reminder that even established blockchains can encounter technical challenges that disrupt their normal operations.
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