Insight Went Dark Tonight, Disrupted Work of Several Bitcoin Wallets
The Insight.bitpay.com service went down tonight. This resulted in several web wallets, which employ insight’s API, pausing their work for a short period of time. Among the affected companies were BitPay and Copay. The interruption was quickly detected and reported on by @BitLenta, a Russian-language, Telegram-based news channel. The problem was quickly fixed and all related services have returned to normal operation. No significant damages to customers’ funds have been reported. The information about what caused the malfunction has not yet been disclosed in public sources.....
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