Aptos network resumes operation after five-hour outage

On October 19, at around 2:10 (Kyiv/Moscow time), the Aptos blockchain paused at block #104,621,314. This was reported by Colin Wu, citing Aptoscan.

Aptos blockchain has down for more than four hours. According to the AptoScan block explorer, on-chain transactions on the Move language blockchain Aptos have stopped at block 104621314. The last transaction occurred at 7:11 UTC+8 on October 19 and has been down for more…

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October 19, 2023

Following the outage, cryptocurrency exchanges Upbit and OKX temporarily restricted deposits and withdrawals in APT tokens. 

Representatives of the project also reacted to the situation, saying they were aware of the problem. 

Your energy for Aptos One was so electric, you cut the lights!

What that means at the moment is that transactions on the network have been impacted. We are working diligently to resolve the issue and will keep you updated upon completion.

— Aptos (@Aptos_Network) October 19, 2023

«Your energy for Aptos One was so electric that you cut the lights! This affected transactions on the network. We are diligently working to resolve the issue and will keep you informed upon completion», the statement said.

Around 7:30, the developers fixed the glitch, and the network was back to normal. However, the asset on some exchanges remained unavailable. 

APT touched $4.95, then fell to $4.85 but quickly recovered and settled around $4.99. As of writing, its market cap stood at about $1.21 billion, according to CoinGecko.

In August, L2-network Shibarium перезапустили after a major outage.

On June 7, developers of Arbitrum исправили a flaw in the sequencer mechanism that led to a brief pause in the processing of transaction bundles on Ethereum.