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The Sui (SUI) blockchain halted block production for approximately 7 hours, bringing the debate over the stability of high-performance networks back to the forefront of the market.
According to cryptocurrency media outlet U.Today on May 29 (local time), the Sui blockchain suddenly stopped producing blocks on May 28, halting transaction processing for about 7 hours. U.Today reported that this incident was one of the biggest outages in Sui's history.
The problem became known externally when validators stopped creating new blocks. Sui acknowledged that a network outage had occurred on its mainnet and informed users that transactions might be temporarily suspended while developers investigated the cause.
According to the Sui team's official post-mortem analysis report, the cause of the outage was a crash bug in the blockchain's gas charging logic. Software version 1.72 had a flaw, which prevented validators from producing blocks normally. The network remained unusable for approximately 6 hours and 44 minutes due to the network failure.
The participation of validators was critical to the recovery process. The Sui team created and distributed a modified software version, and validators had to upgrade before safely resuming block production. At 4:32 AM UTC+8 on May 29, consensus resumed as more than two-thirds of the network's stake adopted the changes, and the blockchain reopened.
The development team stated that the issue was a network availability problem, not an asset security problem, and that user funds were safe during the outage. However, U.Today reported that the prolonged shutdown sparked a debate across the cryptocurrency industry regarding blockchain decentralization and resilience.
Sui developers are focused on restoring trust and preventing recurrence. U.Today reported that the Sui team promised to release a detailed incident review report in the coming days, outlining the main cause of the outage, recovery procedures, and additional security measures.
*Disclaimer: This article is for investment reference only and we are not responsible for any investment losses based on it. The content should be interpreted for informational purposes only.*
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