{"id":10543,"date":"2024-02-08T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/experts-identify-cause-of-solanas-recurring-outages\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:22:10","slug":"experts-identify-cause-of-solanas-recurring-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/experts-identify-cause-of-solanas-recurring-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Identify Cause of Solana&#8217;s Recurring Outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inability of the network to handle a growing volume of transactions is the reason behind Solana&#8217;s recurring outages, according to a team of experts led by journalist Colin Wu.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Solana Outages Again After a Year: Review the Historical Outage Records<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3OHHvoQLm\">https:\/\/t.co\/h3OHHvoQLm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i2uQbpg1iB\">pic.twitter.com\/i2uQbpg1iB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1755222452203094164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On February 6, the protocol failed to process blocks for nearly five hours. According to Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets at VanEck, the issue was related to the Berkley Packet Filter mechanism, which facilitates the deployment and updating of applications on Solana.<\/p>\n<p>Experts noted that this is far from the first outage the network has experienced:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In May 2021, numerous transactions failed to finalize due to unstable blockchain performance;<\/li>\n<li>In September, network performance sharply declined for about an hour;<\/li>\n<li>Later that month, transaction volume related to the Raydium IDO led to memory overflow;<\/li>\n<li>In January 2022, arbitrage bots&#8217; activity caused a 30-hour network halt;<\/li>\n<li>Subsequently, the blockchain could not handle a surge in NFT transactions;<\/li>\n<li>In June, a vulnerability in the nonce-signature function caused a suspension;<\/li>\n<li>In October, a bug in the centralized Sentry service led to a failure;<\/li>\n<li>A subsequent outage was caused by a node configuration error;<\/li>\n<li>In February 2023, the network stopped processing transactions, necessitating a restart, which succeeded only on the second attempt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLooking back, we understand that the emergence of a large number of transactions is the main cause of historical network failures, which may be linked to Solana&#8217;s mechanism,\u201d commented Hu Zhiwei, president of Boundary Intelligence Research Institute.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Users Note the Routine Nature of the Situation<\/h2>\n<p>Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko wrote regarding the February incident that \u201cthere was some congestion at the time, but everything is resolved now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There was some congestion at the time, but everything is resolved now. You can confirm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anatoly Yakovenko (@anatolyakovenko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anatolyakovenko\/status\/1754838614440333417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, some users were less forgiving of yet another outage. One commentator likened the Solana team&#8217;s efforts to the failed work of stewards during a sports match, unable to prevent spectators from storming the field.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Solana devs making sure that\u2019s nothing goes wrong with their blockchain<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JuW0m5u5YC\">pic.twitter.com\/JuW0m5u5YC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gordon (@AltcoinGordon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AltcoinGordon\/status\/1754821007620051204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some ironically recalled the narrative of the \u201cEthereum killer.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">eth maxis when they wake up to solana being down <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FSn8AhZ7KJ\">pic.twitter.com\/FSn8AhZ7KJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 margiela (@crypto_margiela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crypto_margiela\/status\/1754814533770830141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In December, Yakovenko urged against reviving such an idea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t bring back last cycle \u201ceth killer\u201d bs. It\u2019s lame. Pareto efficient technologies can have overlapping features and will compete, but that\u2019s all ok. I don\u2019t see a future where solana thrives and somehow eth dies. I am such a techno optimist that I am certain that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 toly ?? (@aeyakovenko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aeyakovenko\/status\/1731025584271274244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t bring back last cycle \u2018ETH killer\u2019 nonsense. It\u2019s lame. Pareto efficient technologies can have overlapping features and will compete, but that\u2019s all ok. I don\u2019t see a future where Solana thrives and somehow Ethereum dies. I am such a techno optimist that I am certain that eventually danksharding will have enough bandwidth for all our network\u2019s data,\u201d he wrote, not missing the opportunity to highlight his blockchain&#8217;s advantages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in November 2023, Yakovenko shared the story of Solana&#8217;s creation and discussed the impact of the FTX collapse on the ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inability of the network to handle a growing volume of transactions is the reason behind Solana&#8217;s recurring outages, according to a team of experts led by journalist Colin Wu. Solana Outages Again After a Year: Review the Historical Outage Records Read more https:\/\/t.co\/h3OHHvoQLm pic.twitter.com\/i2uQbpg1iB \u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) February 7, 2024 On February 6, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1150,1138,1159],"class_list":["post-10543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-news-plus","tag-opinions","tag-solana-sol"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"37","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}