• Solana, a blockchain network, experienced its tenth downtime on Feb. 25 and into the following day.
• Social Media mocked the incident and validators discussed adding their phone numbers to receive text messages about future restarts.
• Despite the significant downtime, Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko defended the project, stressing that „Solana wants to be fast and super secure.“
Solana Experiences 10th Downtime
Solana, a blockchain network, experienced its tenth downtime on Feb. 25 and into the following day. According to an outage report following more than 24 hours of downtime, Solana developers detailed that the „root cause is still unknown and under active investigation.“
Social Media Mocks Incident
The incident was widely mocked on social media and forums, including r/cryptocurrency. In one forum thread, a user wrote, „Giving a second chance is one thing I can get behind. An 11th chance, on the other hand, is beyond delusional.“ Additionally, people made jokes about the bumpy restart of Solana, and in the Discord server, validators discussed adding their phone numbers to receive text messages about future restarts. Bitcoin.com News reported on the initial downtime after the Solana Status webpage disclosed there was a problem with ‚cluster instability.‘ The incident wasn’t resolved until Feb. 26 at 2:09 UTC.
Critics Shout Design Flaw
Some critics called the problem and previous downtime issues a „design flaw,“ while others favored shorting solana (SOL).
Project’s Co-Founder Defends Network
Despite this significant downtime , Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko defended the project, stressing that „Solana wants to be fast and super secure.“ Brandon Tucker from Marinade Finance said an upcoming upgrade should significantly reduce these outages in the future.
Conclusion
Overall it appears that despite this recent setback with its tenth crash , developers remain optimistic for upgrades which will reduce chances of further outages in near future .