A new major outage hit the Solana blockchain this morning, often presented as a scalable alternative to Ethereum. This incident led to a complete shutdown of block production, seriously undermining the network’s reputation for reliability.
Solana paralyzed again, the reputation of the network in danger!
Solana, one of the most popular networks in the crypto world, was hit this morning of February 6 by another major outage. This caused the total interruption of block production for more than 25 minutes, once again revealing the recurring instability of the network.
The Solana blockchain, renowned for its speed and scalability, suffered an unexpected shutdown of block production. According to the information transmitted by the validators and the official network status website, the incident started around 10:22 UTC. The abnormal absence of blocks for 25 minutes, for a network aiming for block times of 400 milliseconds, created a stir.
“ The Solana Mainnet-Beta is experiencing performance degradation, block progression is currently at a standstill. Engineers and validators are actively investigating“said Solana Laine, one of the validators.
This episode constitutes the latest in a series of malfunctions hitting Solana since 2022, highlighting the network’s recurring stability challenges.
Origins still unclear
Solana engineers were mobilized urgently to diagnose the origin of the fault and explore solutions. However, at the time of writing, recovery without a coordinated restart between validators remains uncertain. The latest updates indicate that corrective measures are in development and will soon be tested before deployment.
Solana Laine confirmed that engineers are working on a patched version of the system, which will undergo rigorous testing before it goes into production. During this time, validators prepare snapshots of local ledger states, in preparation for a possible network restart.
While Solana has the ambition to establish itself as a decentralized and scalable alternative to Ethereum, this new incident seriously undermines its efforts and its emerging credibility.
In short, Solana’s ability to quickly and definitively resolve these recurring stability problems will be decisive in regaining the trust of developers and investors. Otherwise, the ambitions of the project could quickly be dashed.
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