{"id":69221,"date":"2022-10-28T10:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T07:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=69221"},"modified":"2025-09-07T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:41:39","slug":"thorchain-network-endures-a-prolonged-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/thorchain-network-endures-a-prolonged-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"THORChain network endures a prolonged outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 27 October, the DeFi protocol THORChain, built on Cosmos, paused operations due to a software fault.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Devs are aware of a chain halt and have identified the likely cause due to a unique transaction type (nothing to do with solvency). <\/p>\n<p>An update will be posted as soon as there is more confirmed information.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THORChain (@THORChain) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THORChain\/status\/1585715358568153089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Initially, developers said on Twitter that they were aware of the network outage and had identified the likely cause, which \u201chas nothing to do with solvency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later they clarified that the problem lay in string handling. In one of the strings, the actual value was being replaced, causing the memo field to differ across nodes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Turns out to be string manipulation: code was pushing a cosmos.Uint (instead of a uint64) into a string, which causes the string to get the point of the big int instead of the actual value, causing the memo string to be different on different nodes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THORChain (@THORChain) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THORChain\/status\/1585801795695099904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They developed a patch to fix the issue and urged node operators to be ready for the update.<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, new blocks had not appeared in the network for 11 hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/CXwrDHl-VnmMdTO0JfXIG596WzKhJ9SEWrv3NPFs GjuzHdxCrlbb-R7Tl31cHf8-E0CG-sr8MOVdUXnP3IZQdZHDvDls9rteiH1gTOVjU1yNDNKiV7OxLhNmhp_L_3ducHAU5ipHU8JPmLcSpdd093IHQoAHA_9LgKLLHG8vc6zVxzNpdgdSBaA12A\\\" alt=\\\"A multi-hour outage on the THORchain network\\\"\/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/viewblock.io\/thorchain\\\">Viewblock.io<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-text-wrappers-update-2 article_update\\\"><time class=\\\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_time\\\">28 October 2022 | 19:39<\/time><span class=\\\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_head\\\">Update: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The developers said the network is now operating after an outage lasting about 20.5 hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The network is now fully operational after an outage of approximately 20.5 hours. Post-mortem will be released next week <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/QxttVp6Qvy\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/QxttVp6Qvy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THORChain (@THORChain) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THORChain\/status\/1586019889235591168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 28, 2022<\/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>The team said the investigation into the incident would be published next week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The project\u2019s native utility token, RUNE, fell 4.7% in the last 24 hours (CoinGecko). However, this move aligns with the market trend, and many coins have fallen more. Bitcoin prices declined by 2.5%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/gNASkOedj7n8FsduWfk9nu2cWihsefmTRs8R6pOUagzQGi7izaI0bixgjibJpNQn0EO17Itye52g4EWTFopChj9DokuBjxbCHnhEvk2Ots05BoCFIKwVHp_oDjPkFKir7iGi-u3v5jNcnG7ztHndjUQxTAVd2WmAyN52m8hO8SMSqs4wFEZaC7qj4g\\\" alt=\\\"A multi-hour outage on the THORchain network\\\"\/><figcaption>Data: CoinGecko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The value of assets locked in the protocol stands at $106.5 million, with no change over the day (DeFi Llama).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cAnother day, another THORChain network outage,\u201d commented one user.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July the protocol <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/thorchain-halts-operations-after-a-string-of-hacker-attacks\">suspended<\/a> operations after a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/thorchain-the-defi-project-hit-by-another-hacker-attack\">hacker attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In July the THORChain team <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/thorchain-launches-mainnet-as-rune-climbs-11\">launched the mainnet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news in our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 crypto news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27 October, the DeFi protocol THORChain, built on Cosmos, paused operations due to a software fault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1301,1750],"class_list":["post-69221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-vulnerabilities","tag-thorchain"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69221","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=69221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69222,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69221\/revisions\/69222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}