Sui Network Suffers Outage With No New Blocks Produced For Over 2 Hours
Decentralized layer-1 blockchain Sui, known for its rapid smart contract deployment and goal to become a Solana-killer, experienced an outage today with no blocks being produced for more than 2 hours. Data from the Sui blockchain explorer SuiVision shows that the last block on the network was produced at 9:15 a.m. UTC, with no new blocks being appended to the network’s chain since. The Sui status page shows that the network is experiencing a “major outage” and that mainnet validators are down. Industry Observers React To Sui Network Outage Several industry observers have reacted to the project’s network outage. Many noted the project’s goal to be one of Solana’s biggest competitors. “SUI blockchain is down,” said crypto YouTuber Ajay Kashyap on X, before adding,“ And they claimed to be a Solana Killer.” Many are also calling SUI “this cycle’s Solana,” referring to the numerous outages the Solana netwo...