Outage News

Reports on blockchain network outages, exchange downtime, and technical disruptions.

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data-center floor shows glowing cables leading up to a cracked AWS cloud radiating orange shockwaves over a bright world map as the logos of Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Linea, Base, and Scroll orbit dramatically.

How today’s AWS glitch took down Coinbase, ETH L2s, and half the internet

Crypto's dependence on AWS highlights the irony of centralization within decentralized ecosystems.

Multichain unable to contact CEO, has no access to project servers

Multichain unable to contact CEO, has no access to project servers

The project has experienced issues and transaction delays over the past week.

Dash experiences outage lasting over 18 hours

Dash experiences outage lasting over 18 hours

Node operators must upgrade to a new client version en masse to restore activity.

Ethereum experienced a 2nd finalization delay but has since recovered

Ethereum experienced a 2nd finalization delay but has since recovered

The blockchain once again failed to fully process transactions for a short time.

Ethereum failed to finalize transactions for 25 minutes but avoided full outage

Ethereum failed to finalize transactions for 25 minutes but avoided full outage

Transactions were only partially processed for a period of 25 minutes.

Avalanche C, X-chains experience brief outage due to network bug

Avalanche C, X-chains experience brief outage due to network bug

Avalanche's X-chain and C-chain experienced a brief period of outage and lagging due to a bug in the network's 1.9.12 version.

Solana proposes network upgrade changes following recent outage

Solana proposes network upgrade changes following recent outage

Anatoly Yakovenko said the recent outage was caused by an unstable update, plans are in place to improve this process.

Here’s why the recent Solana outage took almost a day to resolve

Here’s why the recent Solana outage took almost a day to resolve

On-chain consensus bogs down Solana and requires validator communication to take place on Discord when the network does go down.

How Solana is fixing outages, and the challenges it will tackle in 2023

How Solana is fixing outages, and the challenges it will tackle in 2023

In 2022, Solana worked on improving security, mobile compatibility, and performance. In 2023, it looks to enable concurrent block production.

Nexo resolves real-time audit outage laying insolvency rumors to rest

Outage 3 years ago

Alameda Research website goes private following FTX collapse

Bear Market 3 years ago

Cloud service provider Hetzner blocks access for Solana validators over TOS breach

Outage 3 years ago

Ethereum lead developer saved Avalanche from over $24B ecosystem crash

Outage 4 years ago