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Zilliqa’s repeated struggles with bugs and outages impact its future as a high-throughput blockchain?
On Jan. 16, the Zilliqa (<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://crypto.news/price/zilliqa/">ZIL</a>) blockchain network—designed to improve scalability and efficiency in blockchain networks through sharding technology—resumed operations after a disruption caused by synchronization issues in its look-up nodes. These nodes, which are crucial for transaction validation and network support, fell out of sync and prevented transactions from reaching the blockchain.
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 Dear Community, The team has worked diligently over the past few hours, and we are pleased to announce that the network recovery is now complete. Full functionality has been restored to the Zilliqa mainnet, and you may now resume transacting on the network. Thank you for your… <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://t.co/bmIqkB0TCw" target="_blank">https://t.co/bmIqkB0TCw</a>— Zilliqa (@zilliqa) <a href="https://twitter.com/zilliqa/status/1879622675909505299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 15, 2025</a>
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During the outage, Zilliqa assured users their funds were secure and encouraged them to <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/zilliqa/status/1879550068430381331" target="_blank">verify</a> balances via the on-chain explorer ViewBlock.io. The team apologized for the inconvenience and emphasized their focus on resolving the issue quickly.
This incident is the latest in a series of technical challenges for Zilliqa. In late September 2024, the network <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://crypto.news/zilliqa-announces-permanent-fix-after-latest-bug-halts-block-production/">experienced</a> a more severe disruption when a bug halted block production entirely, leaving users unable to conduct transactions or access their funds.
Although the developers introduced what they described as a “permanent fix,” the issue followed another bug just two days earlier, which slowed block creation without fully halting it. Both incidents occurred shortly after the Zilliqa 2.0 upgrade, aimed at improving network performance and cross-chain compatibility, sparking concerns about the reliability of the network’s infrastructure.
The repeated downtime has clearly angered many in the community, with one user warning that if outages occur “before wide adoption,” potential clients might lose faith in Zilliqa’s reliability.
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 If these issues are occurring now, before real adoption, what confidence can we give to potential clients? Downtime and disruptions like this raise serious concerns about reliability. How do we ensure this doesn’t become the norm during higher traffic and usage?— EGerardCrypto (@EGerardCrypto) <a href="https://twitter.com/EGerardCrypto/status/1879554053757374783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 15, 2025</a>
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Meanwhile, another user lamented that these recurring problems are causing “normies to lose their excitement.
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 Why is Zilliqa going through these types of problems??? Normies are losing excitement— Moharnab Hazarika (@TheReyofMyriad) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheReyofMyriad/status/1879551043652219105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 15, 2025</a>
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Similar disruptions have plagued Zilliqa before, including a <a href="https://crypto.news/zilliqa-restores-blockchain-after-failures-with-block-generation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">block production slowdown</a> in May 2024 and a December 2023 <a href="https://x.com/zilliqa/status/1736735016334635450" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">incident</a> that temporarily halted transactions.
While developers have consistently assured users of the network’s safety and promptly restored functionality, these recurring problems point to underlying challenges in maintaining stability. At the time of writing as of Jan. 16, ZIL’s price is around $0.0225, with a market cap of $435 million.
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