Cryptocurrency

"Solana Blockchain Suffers 5-Hour Outage"

2024-02-06 [vendor] February 2024 Solana outage [chain] solana
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Blockchain(s) Solana

Incident Details

They were doing so well! After suffering a slew of outages during 2022, Solana had seemed to get their act together in 2023 with only one major outage. Now, however, Solana has gone offline again for five hours.With blockchains promising to become “world computers” upon which anyone can create projects ranging from mere toys to critical infrastructure, uptime is crucial, and a five-hour-long outage is devastating.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
February 2024 Solana outage

Timeline

  1. 2024-02-06 Breach occurred
  2. 2024-02-06 Publicly disclosed