{"id":31592,"date":"2020-11-11T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T10:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=31592"},"modified":"2025-08-28T04:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T01:27:01","slug":"infura-a-leading-ethereum-infrastructure-provider-suffers-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/infura-a-leading-ethereum-infrastructure-provider-suffers-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"Infura, a leading Ethereum infrastructure provider, suffers outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Infura, a provider of infrastructure solutions for the Ethereum network, is experiencing service outages. This has caused delays in ETH and ERC-20 token quotes, and some exchanges have halted withdrawals.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The service outages began at 08:12 UTC on Wednesday, 11 November.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur main Ethereum network API is currently non-operational. The team is investigating the issue and working to restore service functionality,\u201d <a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/status.infura.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> the Infura developers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_116129\" style=\"width: 997px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116129\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-status-infura-io-1605086506018.png\" alt=\"Infura outage\" width=\"987\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-status-infura-io-1605086506018.png 987w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-status-infura-io-1605086506018-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-status-infura-io-1605086506018-768x612.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-116129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Infura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have allocated additional resources to the network for the affected components and are continuing to determine the root cause of the outage. Restoration work is ongoing,\u201d added Infura representatives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The MetaMask wallet, for which Infura is the primary service provider, is experiencing issues.<\/p>\n<p>Binance halted withdrawals in ETH and ERC-20 tokens.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Changpeng Zhao said the exchange was forced to restrict withdrawals due to \u201ca possible Ethereum blockchain split\u201d at block 11234873. He noted that blockchain explorers Etherscan and Blockchair show two different chains, but these discrepancies are likely also caused by Infura outages.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There was a possible ETH chain split at block 11234873. Etherscan and Blockchair are showing two different chains and data after this block. We\u2019re resolving now but have temporarily closed withdrawals. Funds are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAFU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SAFU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>eg,<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nhaCTcpacu\">https:\/\/t.co\/nhaCTcpacu<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bYfVAIkBCx\">https:\/\/t.co\/bYfVAIkBCx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ Binance (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1326456255515250693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"esjEnRPfsr\">\n<p>The Infura outage was explained as an &#8220;unannounced Ethereum hard fork&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"esjEnRPfsr\">\n<p>The Infura outage was explained as an &#8220;unannounced Ethereum hard fork&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"esjEnRPfsr\">\n<p>The Infura outage was explained as an &#8220;unannounced Ethereum hard fork&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u041f\u043e\u0434\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 ForkLog \u0432 Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 \u0432\u0441\u044f \u043b\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0439, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0438 \u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u044b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infura, a provider of infrastructure solutions for the Ethereum network, is experiencing service outages. 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