Solana network suffers 20-hour failure, basic cause is still unknown
Solana network suffers 20-hour failure, basic cause is still unknown
Solana failures have once again raised questions about the design of the leading Layer 1 blockchain.
The validators tried twice at the weekend to restart the network after the on-chain activity was frozen. In the past, Solana only processed 93 TPs. After the drop in performance, the Validator community finally had to choose a synchronized chain restart of the network.
new Solana failure
According to the official blog post, the cause of the failure has not yet been determined, but Solana is still actively examined. The team said that the network could not be restored without intervention by the Validator community.
The decision to restart the network was proposed by the engineers who debugged the problems. The Validator community then decided to downgrade to the previous stable version, V1.13.6. At the same time, 1.14 was introduced to reduce the redarnatory risk.
"A first restart attempt was canceled to have time for a more thorough data analysis and ensure that no user transactions are impaired. After further analysis, the community started the network together with an older slot than the previously selected. No confirmed user transactions were reset or impaired."
community reaction
Last year Solana suffered 14 failures, both with small and large downtimes. Angry community members pointed out that the ongoing failures could be due to a massive design error in the network. A user called "dbcrypt0" called the on-chain consensus from Solana comprises network transactions that consist of consensus communication between validers and the transactions themselves, which "inflated the transaction volume and TPS".
They further criticized the network and said that of the 4,000 TPS that Solana offers, only 10 % were "actual" transactions, while adding that the majority of the volume consisted of messages from Validiers, which ultimately brings the system to a standstill.
In the event of a failure, communication between the Validiers breaks off, while turning to Discord to work out a plan. However, two thirds of the validators have to agree on a solution to get up again, and some of them could be offline or not be aware of the failure.
Solanas technical delays are not new. Last year, the team even showed ways behind its development to alleviate such incidents. In recent times, the developers have implemented a new function called "priority fees", with which users can pay additional fees to avoid traffic jams.
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