Unconfirmed: Solana's Outage Lasted 17 Hours. What Does This Mean for Decentralization? - Ep.273
Aidan Mott, research analyst at Messari, discusses Solana’s network restart that resulted in the blockchain going dark for 17 hours earlier this week. Show highlights:
- when Solana validators noticed something was wrong and how they responded
- what initial dex offering (IDO) caused the network to be flooded with transactions
- how a surge in bot transactions pushed validators to decide to restart the network
- how Solana’s outage compares to similar incidents on other chains
- why the Solana community was most likely not surprised by the 17-hour restart
- how Solana validators and the Solana Foundation coordinated the network restart
- how Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko communicated with the community during the outage
- whether Solana is still vulnerable to a similar flood of transactions
- what the network restart means in terms of Solana’s centralization
- why Solana validators running the same client could be an issue
Check Out the Related Article In addition to the analysis from Aidan, I did an interview with a Solana validator about his experience of the outage, and his concerns for the network going forward. Check out "The Experience of One Validator: What Happened During Solana's 17-Hour Outage?" in my Facebook Bulletin newsletter here -- and subscribe today! https://laurashin.bulletin.com/178076467796725
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Episode Links
Aidan Mott
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/KidKrypt0
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidan-mott-77665267/
Messari
Solana Outage
- The Block’s coverage
- CoinDesk coverage
- Decrypt coverage
- Why the mainnet went down
- Potential ramifications
- Neha Narula tweet
- Solana Status -- the Twitter account that sent information out on the state of the network
- Anatoly Yakovenko Solana outage tweets
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