{"id":12315,"date":"2024-04-05T18:01:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/starknet-team-confirms-blockchain-disruption\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:01:12","slug":"starknet-team-confirms-blockchain-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/starknet-team-confirms-blockchain-disruption\/","title":{"rendered":"StarkNet Team Confirms Blockchain Disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 5, the Ethereum Layer 2 network StarkNet ceased producing new blocks for approximately four hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/starkscan.co\/blocks\">Starkscan<\/a>, the pause occurred between blocks #630,028 and #630,029.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blocks-Starkscan-Google-Chrome-1024x147.jpg\" alt=\"Blocks-Starkscan-Google-Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-230048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blocks-Starkscan-Google-Chrome-1024x147.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blocks-Starkscan-Google-Chrome-300x43.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blocks-Starkscan-Google-Chrome-768x110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blocks-Starkscan-Google-Chrome.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Starkscan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of writing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/status.starknet.io\/\">StarkNet status page<\/a> did not mention the incident. The latest entries refer to March 13, when the blockchain slowed for 27 minutes due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-developers-activate-dencun-hard-fork-on-mainnet\">activation of the Dencun hard fork<\/a> on the Ethereum mainnet.<\/p>\n<p>Users and services noticed the transaction processing issues. For instance, the Baby Laika platform warned clients about withdrawal delays.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? STARKNET NETWORK INTERRUPTION ? <\/p>\n<p>Due to a prolonged interruption in block creation on the Starknet network\u2014exceeding two hours\u2014we regret to inform you that the Withdraw feature will experience a delay. Rest assured, our team is actively working to resolve this issue. We\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Whnrbv1EGO\">pic.twitter.com\/Whnrbv1EGO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baby Laika (@BabyLaikaX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BabyLaikaX\/status\/1776152605242392797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The StarkNet team confirmed the disruption several hours later, attributing it to a rounding error.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">gm!<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, we identified a rounding error bug that led to a reorg of blocks. Starknet\u2019s block production continued as usual. However, the reorg caused the transaction backlog to reach full capacity. Consequently, there were a few minutes during which new transactions\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Starknet ?? (@Starknet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starknet\/status\/1776216981550563788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBlock production continued as usual. However, the reorganization caused the transaction backlog to reach full capacity. Consequently, there were a few minutes during which new operations could not be processed and were therefore rejected,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Developers promised to provide more detailed information later.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starknet-monitor.com\/\">Starknet Monitor,<\/a> the network&#8217;s block interval returned to its usual range of three to six minutes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Starknet-Monitor-Google-Chrome-1024x287.jpg\" alt=\"Starknet-Monitor-Google-Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-230049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Starknet-Monitor-Google-Chrome-1024x287.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Starknet-Monitor-Google-Chrome-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Starknet-Monitor-Google-Chrome-768x215.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Starknet-Monitor-Google-Chrome.jpg 1326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Starknet Monitor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in March, the company behind StarkNet, StarkWare, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/starknet-unveils-2024-roadmap-featuring-parallelization\">unveiled plans<\/a> to further enhance network performance, including the implementation of parallelization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 5, the Ethereum Layer 2 network StarkNet ceased producing new blocks for approximately four hours. According to Starkscan, the pause occurred between blocks #630,028 and #630,029. Source: Starkscan. At the time of writing, the StarkNet status page did not mention the incident. The latest entries refer to March 13, when the blockchain slowed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1301,1179,1177,1374],"class_list":["post-12315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-vulnerabilities","tag-layer-2-solutions","tag-starknet","tag-starkware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}