solanais also known as a popular blockchain platform that stands out with its high-speed transactions and expanding DeFi (Decentralized Finance) ecosystem. Blockchain, which had previously experienced frequent network outages, temporarily stopped its operations on Tuesday after a long period of calm. The outage started at 12 noon yesterday and lasted for approximately five hours, making it the first major disruption the network has faced in 2024. During this time, native token SOL experienced a decline around $93.63 before a rapid recovery.
As Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko pointed out, the real problem behind the outage is; It was a failure in the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF), which plays a critical role in distributing, updating and running the platform’s programs. The issue that caused the outage was specifically related to changes made to the BPF following a Suggestion for Improvement (SMID). This recommendation includes changes that prevent the use of BPF when metadata is no longer required. contains.
Restart instructions can be directly accessed here https://t.co/MV9kpFlrts
— Solana Status (@SolanaStatus) February 6, 2024
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As we reported as Koinfinans.com, the developers developed a solution as soon as possible and tested it successfully on the test network. However, before this fix was even applied to the main network, it exposed the security vulnerability, causing the network to be disrupted.
Developers urgently rewrote the problematic BPF codes to fix the issue, forcing the network’s underlying software to be updated by all participants. Following the updates, the network resumed normal operations and the outage was successfully resolved.
Despite this temporary interruption, confidence in Solana’s durability remains high. Following the relaunch of the network, market players such as arbitrage bots are expected to take advantage of the increased opportunities in DeFi activities, indicating that Solana has strong recovery potential.
