Dash experienced a disruption in its transaction processing and block production early on Monday morning, according to Dash Core Group CTO Samuel Westrich.
Dash Blockchain Halted After Failed Hard Fork
Dash experienced a disruption in its transaction processing and block production early on Monday morning, according to Dash Core Group CTO Samuel Westrich. Westrich took to Twitter to announce that there was a problem during the activation of Dash Core v19, causing the chain to stall and cease block production. The team is currently investigating the issue and working on a resolution. However, Dash Core developer Pasta later mentioned that the planned release of the v19 update might be delayed as they focus on resolving the identified issues. The Dash blockchain will not consider blocks and transactions as final until the update is deployed, except for specific transactions unique to Dash: ChainLocked and InstantSend locked transactions.
Binance announced that its Dash mining pool would suspend the distribution of mining rewards until the blockchain resumes block production. Discussions on the DashPay Reddit page suggest that the v19 update encountered difficulties, resulting in a chain split with some nodes progressing past the fork block while others remain stuck. A user mentioned that approximately 10-20% of the network is moving forward, but the correct chain has not been confirmed.
The upcoming hard-forking update for Dash network clients, announced on April 14, introduces significant modifications to the functioning of nodes and wallets. Following the v19 activation, a new version of Dash masternodes will be introduced with higher collateral requirements. The update includes improvements to Dash's anonymity features, node operations, and wallet functionality.
