Key Points
- TON blockchain recovered from its 2nd block production disruption.
- Meanwhile, Solana managed to resolve its outage issues and all systems are 100% operational.
In the early morning of August 29, TON wallet announced via Telegram that the TON network became fully operational again, following a second disruption.
The team at TON announced that TON-based asset withdrawals and deposits in the wallet would be credited in due course.
2nd TON Blockchain Disruption
The announcement came after on August 28, block production on TON experienced its second significant disruption.
In a post on X, the team behind TON announced to followers that block production issues began at 19:19 (UTC) again. According to their announcement, the disruption was triggered by the heavy load attributed to DOGS token minting, and TON Core was working on a solution to fix the issue.
TON highlighted that user crypto assets were not at risk during the ongoing problem. During the disruption, TON-based asset withdrawals and deposits in the wallet were paused. Via Telegram, the team announced that USDT (TRC20) and BTC operations remained fully operational and unaffected.
Now, according to official data from Tonscan, the TON blockchain seems to be working properly and block production continues undisrupted.
Previously, the TON network recorded another block production issue that lasted for about 7 hours which had been resolved. The first network overload was triggered by DOGS tokens transactions.
TON’s Outages and New Opportunities
Both Telegram and the TON blockchain experienced issues during the past few days. Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France during the weekend, and the TON blockchain recorded the outages mentioned above.
But the problems around Telegram and TON don’t necessarily mean failure for either project, as building new technologies always involves unexpected issues. The arising problems can be fixed and the two platforms are no exception.
For instance, legal issues surrounding the failure to moderate content on Telegram (the apparent reason for its CEO’s arrest) could be prevented in the future via decentralization.
Also, the TON blockchain’s TPS stress tests could have not been prevented by developers as they cannot be replicated in simulated testing.
And last, but not least, the TON network’s outages might have just offered the team a strong push to develop a new validator client to prevent major outages in the future, in case the existing one goes down again.
Solana is the best example regarding the ability to fix outages and network issues.
Solana’s Growth and Improvement
Solana also experienced various issues, including the US SEC’s accusations that the SOL token is an unregistered security whose insiders benefitted while retail suffered.
Also, the blockchain encountered its own memecoin-driven TPS stress tests, network congestions, and various outages.
However, Solana managed to survive and, more than that, they also grew and improved amidst all the issues, managing to lower outages over time.
The network recorded its last outage back in February when it was unusable for five hours. But, validators responsible for running the software that adds and verifies transactions on the blockchain, restarted the network.
Now, Solana has all systems fully operational.
Meanwhile, Solana engaged Jump Crypto to develop a new and faster validator to stop all outages. Jump Crypto is an experienced team of builders, developers, and traders supporting Web3 and blockchain technology.
With a lot of effort and dedication, Solana managed to grow and improve, and following in its footsteps, TON will also be able to reach the same achievements over time.
