Blockchain network outages have become increasingly common this year, frustrating users and developers across the industry.  In recent months, various networks have been scrutinized for their inability to maintain smooth and uninterrupted operations.

The Open Network (TON) was the latest to experience an hours-long disruption, prompting another blockchain founder to weigh in.

Sun Subtly Critiques Blockchain Outages

Following the extended downtime on The Open Network (TON) on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, Justin Sun took the opportunity to praise his blockchain network, Tron. In a tweet, Sun highlighted Tron’s seven-year track record of uninterrupted operation, lauding its reliability and impressive performance.

“For many blockchains that experience downtime, stopping block production for hours or even days, the Tron blockchain has been tirelessly up and running for 7 years without interruption. Not even a microsecond glitch. Very impressive,” he stated.

While not explicitly targeted at the TON outage, Sun’s comments followed shortly after the network resumed operations following a nearly seven-hour halt in block production. The disruption was triggered by a severe network congestion centered around the recent DOGS memecoin frenzy, which overwhelmed the network and led to a breakdown in consensus.

However, TON is not the only network that suffered an outage this year.

Blockchain Outage Frenzy

Prior to TON’s glitch, several other blockchains had raised industry-wide concerns due to frequent disruptions.

In February 2024, Solana suffered a major outage that halted transaction activity across the chain. The downtime followed a similar outage on February 25, 2023, complicating Solana’s reputation of unreliability and drawing backlash across its community. 

Similarly, Canto, the Cosmos-based Layer 1 blockchain known for its rapid growth in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, also suffered a two-day downtime earlier this month. The Canto team attributed the outage to issues with consensus, which led to a complete halt of the chain.

On the Flipside

The Open Network (TON) has since patched its woes and resumed operations.
Justin Sun’s Tron recently launched SunPump, a platform that enables easy memecoin creation.

Why This Matters

Outages on blockchain networks, whether short or long-term, reveal vulnerabilities in their infrastructure, underscoring the need for developers to focus on ensuring reliability to maintain network integrity.

Source : DailyCoin - Aug 28, 2024