Solana Stays Strong: Network Outperforms Rivals Amid AWS Outage Turmoil
While the prices of cryptocurrencies are trending downward, major networks such as Solana are showing heightened activity on-chain. Meanwhile, on-chain data shows that SOL is at the top of its game as the network has had a better runtime in recent days compared to major chains. Blockchain Stress Test, But Solana Shows Strength In the […]
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The Solana decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem just gained another powerful addition with the launch of SolsticeFi. This innovative new platform is poised to introduce a much-needed layer of risk-controlled yield generation, directly addressing one of the primary concerns for users venturing into the safety of their deposited capital. SolsticeFi is reimagining how investors earn on Solana by introducing a defensively engineered approach to yield, one that directly protects the value of user deposits. According to crypto commentator Madissa’s post on X, one of SolsticeFi’s....
The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect until six hours later on October 1. Solana has suffered a myriad of network outages during the last year, and the blockchain’s latest downtime caused the network’s native currency to slide 4% lower against the U.S. dollar in the last 24 hours. Solana’s Blockchain Deals With More Downtime — Misconfigured Node Blamed for the Outage Solana’s network had an outage again after validators failed to process blocks due to a....
The past few days may have weakened the image of Solana (SOL). High levels of network congestion brought a new outage to the network and SOL fell the hardest amongst the top 20 cryptocurrencies amidst the market crash. Here’s What Happened Last week, it was reported that Solana’s network was clogged, resulting in many failing transactions and DeFi users not being able to adjust their collateral positions to reflect the new valuation of the coin amidst the crypto market fall. In a Solana blog post, the team explained that the incident experienced by validators was due to....
January has been a tough month for Solana as the coin encountered a total of six outages. This time Solana again faced a downtime as there has been an increased number of transactions flooded by the Candy Machine NFT bots causing network congestion. Blockchains often have an issue with scaling as they are quite inept […]
While some piled on the layer-one blockchain for its network hiccup, others offered support. Yesterday, a nearly six hour network outage from Solana, a layer-one blockchain known for its high throughput, drew both jeers and support from traders and developers across the smart contract space. “At approximately 1:46pm UTC on December 4th, 2020, the Solana Mainnet Beta cluster stopped producing blocks at slot 53,180,900, which prevented any new transactions from being confirmed,” a live update blog post from Solana reported. The outage lasted roughly five and a half hours before over 200....