Polygonscan Downfall Reveals False Fears of Blockchain Outage
Author:According to information gathered from PolygonScan, the blockchain has been inactive for a period of time, causing some people to speculate that it might be experiencing a disruption.
Some people wrongly assumed that the Polygon blockchain had crashed when there was an issue with the network explorer Polygonscan.
Talks began on Feb. 22 that Polygon, which is a second-level scaling service, may have gone through a breakdown after PolygonScan's figures pointed to the blockchain not producing any blocks for more than an hour and a half.
Polygon has made it clear that the problem was caused by some nodes becoming out of synchronization, but blockchain output has not ceased.
According to a spokesperson from Polygon, at around 8:26 UTC, a few nodes became unsynchronized, resulting in a situation where some nodes were unable to verify blocks for a short time. The production of blocks continued uninterrupted, but there may have been a temporary reduction in network efficiency. The affected nodes have since been synchronized, and everything is operating normally again.
The spokesperson acknowledged that Polygonscan is currently unavailable, but suggested using other explorers. Additionally, he stated that efforts are being made to restore Polygonscan's service.
On Feb. 22, rumors started circulating that the chain might be shut down. This was based on an investigation of Polyscan data which showed that the last block and transaction were created at 8:35 pm UTC on that day. As a result, some people came to the conclusion that the chain had stopped producing blocks.
In the past, there have been interruptions in the network, the most recent instance of which was on March 11, 2022, resulting from maintenance that needed to take place on one of the three layers in the network.
On February 21st, Polygon Labs, the enterprise in charge of the Polygon blockchain, revealed that it would be dismissing approximately one-fifth of its workforce, or around 100 positions.