- Tron founder Justin Sun has weighed in on the blockchain disruption trend.
- Recently TON (Open Network) was shut down.
- Other blockchains have also experienced outages this year.
As blockchain network outages become more common this year, users and developers across the industry are growing frustrated. In recent months, various networks have come under scrutiny for their inability to maintain smooth, uninterrupted operation.
In the latest example of the outage that The Open Network (TON) experienced for several hours, another blockchain founder has spoken out about it.
Sun, subtle criticism of blockchain disruption
After the extended downtime of The Open Network (TON) on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, Justin Sun took the opportunity to praise his own blockchain network, Tron. In a tweet, Sun highlighted Tron’s seven-year track record of uninterrupted operation, praising its reliability and impressive performance.
“For many blockchains that experience downtime, stopping block production for hours or even days, the Tron blockchain has been tirelessly up and running for 7 years without interruption. Not even a microsecond glitch. Very impressive,” he stated.
While not explicitly targeting the TON outage, Sun’s comments followed shortly after the network resumed operations after a nearly seven-hour block production halt. The outage was caused by severe network congestion centered around the recent DOGS memecoin craze, which caused the network to become overloaded and consensus to collapse.
But TON isn’t the only network to have experienced an outage this year.
Blockchain Disruption Fever
Even before TON’s problems, several blockchains had suffered frequent outages, raising concerns across the industry.
In February 2024, Solana experienced a massive outage that halted transaction activity across the chain. This outage followed a similar outage on February 25, 2023, further compounding Solana’s reputation for being unreliable and sparking a backlash across the community.
Similarly, Canto, a Cosmos-based Layer 1 blockchain known for its rapid growth in decentralized finance (DeFi), experienced two days of downtime earlier this month. The Canto team attributed the outage to a consensus issue, which caused the chain to completely halt.
On the other side
- TON (The Open Network) has since resolved the issues and resumed operations.
- Justin Sun’s Tron Recently launched SunPumpThis is a platform where you can easily create Mimecoins.
Why this matters
Short-term or long-term disruptions to blockchain networks expose the vulnerability of the infrastructure and highlight the need for developers to focus on ensuring stability to maintain network integrity.
For the latest developments regarding the TON shutdown, read this article.
Tron Surpasses Cardano and SunPump Revives Meme Season
For more information about the TON error, see here.
Here’s why TON was down for 7 hours: