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

https://messari.io/

Solana Outage

The Block’s coverage

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/117711/solana-blockchain-validators-restart-network-after-transaction-stoppage

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/117624/solana-experiences-transaction-stoppage-as-developers-report-intermittent-instability

CoinDesk coverage

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/09/14/solana-validators-ready-potential-restart-amid-blockchain-outage/ 

Decrypt coverage

https://decrypt.co/81004/solana-back-online-following-downtime-network-restart 

Why the mainnet went down

https://twitter.com/buffalu__/status/1437792673784549383 

Potential ramifications

https://twitter.com/CometShock/status/1437870278684590091

Neha Narula tweet

https://twitter.com/neha/status/1438487308433494022 

Solana Status -- the Twitter account that sent information out on the state of the network

https://twitter.com/SolanaStatus

Anatoly Yakovenko Solana outage tweets

https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/status/1437887482897518595

https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/status/1437784552324358155

https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/status/1438496595360862215

https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/status/1438465508412739588

https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/with_replies

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