Blockchain.info Down, Users Have No Access to Wallets
The world's most popular Bitcoin wallet with more than 8 mln Blockchain wallet users is down. As at the time of this publication, Blockchain.info has been down for more than four hours. The web server reports a bad gateway error, with a message on the website’s landing page that says: “Looks like our site is down. We're working on it and should be back up soon”. A tweet from the wallet says they are looking into a DNS issue. In another tweet, they say they are making progress with resolving the issue but need several hours to fully restore services. However, as expected, since many users....
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