Unconfirmed: Solana's Outage Lasted 17 Hours. What Does This Mean for Decentralization? - Ep.273
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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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