Block Production – DIGIT INFO

‘Solana killer’ Sui down, no blocks produced for more than 1 hour

DIGIT — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:48:36 +0000

The South Korean crypto exchange Upbit had temporarily disabled SUI deposits and withdrawals amid the network outage.

Buterin pitches solutions to Ethereum’s staking, block production issues

DIGIT — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 03:57:58 +0000

Buterin recommended capping the amount of Ether a user can stake and limiting staking penalties to 12.5% of staked Ether.

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Marathon Digital mines $16M in Kaspa to diversify from Bitcoin

DIGIT — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:39:57 +0000

Marathon is looking to “capitalize on higher margins” possible with Kaspa mining — but one executive stressed the firm is in no way “pivoting” from its main focus, Bitcoin.

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Linea blockchain halt highlights slow decentralization of Ethereum L2s

DIGIT — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 02:35:38 +0000

Linea said it halted the sequencer as a “last resort” action to prevent additional funds from bridging out but intends to decentralize in the near future.

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Zilliqa battles back-to-back network disruptions amid latest upgrade rollout

DIGIT — Fri, 10 May 2024 13:41:43 +0000

Following a series of network disruptions, Zilliqa has restored network functionality and is focused on debugging amid its v9.3.4 network upgrade.

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Blast Network Temporarily Halts Amid Dencun Upgrade; Fix Deployed

DIGIT — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:39:56 +0000

Blast, a new Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution, paused its block production due to issues arising from the recent Dencun upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet, with its team diligently seeking a fix. Since launching its mainnet on Feb. 29, 2024, and amassing billions in crypto assets through its Ethereum bridge, the project has gained […]

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Avalanche Blockchain Faces Outage Amid Inscription Wave: AVA Labs Investigates

DIGIT — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:45:32 +0000

The Avalanche blockchain has encountered a disruption due to a “stall in block finalization.” AVA Labs’ co-founder, Kevin Sekniqi, suggested that the problem might stem from a recent surge in inscriptions. Avalanche Hits Snag as Block Finalization Stall Disrupts Service Avalanche (AVAX) is grappling with a service interruption, echoing challenges previously seen on the Solana […]

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Solana Blockchain Experiences Technical Glitch Causing Transaction Slowdowns

DIGIT — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 21:00:29 +0000

The Solana smart contract token network experienced a technical glitch on Saturday, February 25, 2023, known as a “large forking event,” causing transaction failures for some users. Solana’s incident report referred to it as “cluster instability” and indicated that a coordinated restart was launched to accelerate block finalization. Solana Blockchain Deals With ‘Large Forking Event’ […]

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Polygon primed for hard fork aimed at reducing gas fee spikes: New details revealed

DIGIT — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 02:38:05 +0000

Polygon told Cointelegraph that the hard fork will take effect at block 38,189,056, which will be initiated without the influence of centralized actors.

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Solana Network Suffers Another Outage — Cyber Capital Founder Says Downtime Is ‘Another Consequence of Bad Design’

DIGIT — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 16:00:21 +0000

The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect until six hours later on October 1. Solana has suffered a myriad of network outages during the last year, and the blockchain’s latest downtime caused the network’s native currency to slide 4% lower against the […]

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