{"id":78694,"date":"2023-05-13T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T11:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=78694"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:46:33","slug":"ethereum-network-records-second-disruption-to-transaction-finalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-network-records-second-disruption-to-transaction-finalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum network records second disruption to transaction finalisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Ethereum blockchain, for the second time in the past 24 hours an unknown error occurred, during which transactions could not finalise for a period.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/beaconcha.in\/epochs\">Beaconcha.in<\/a>, over the epoch range 200,751 to 200,758 there was a sharp drop in confirmed operations \u2014 down to 30%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"274\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-27-1024x274.png\\\" alt=\\\"333-27\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-206853\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-27-1024x274.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-27-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-27-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-27-1536x411.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-27-2048x548.png 2048w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: beaconcha.in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As of writing, finalisation in the Ethereum network has been restored. Transactions did not stall.<\/p>\n<p>The Prysm Ethereum client developers released a hotfix. It includes an optimisation to prevent high resource usage by the node during periods of turbulence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We are announcing v4.0.3-hotfix. This release contains the optimization to prevent the beacon node from high resource usage during turbulent times. It is highly recommended to upgrade if your node is under heavy usage. <\/p>\n<p>See release notes for more info: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/SMb4hzL1cW\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/SMb4hzL1cW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prysm Ethereum Client (@prylabs) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prylabs\/status\/1657232587256102912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new Prysm client update is planned for the start of next week. The developers clarified that changes will be tested over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on May 11, in the Ethereum network <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-network-experiences-finality-glitch\">a similar error<\/a> occurred during epochs 200,552 to 200,554.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unknown error occurred in the Ethereum blockchain for the second time in the last 24 hours, during which transactions could not finalise for a period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1301,46],"class_list":["post-78694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-vulnerabilities","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78694","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=78694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78696,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78694\/revisions\/78696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}