By brennanhm on Skatehive
On June 1st, there were reports on X that the TON (The Open Network) blockchain went down, stalling new transactions and block production. This provoked much dirision and ridicule on Crypto Twitter, which brought back memories of the Ethereum DAO hack in 2016, and Solana's repeat outages of 2022. In today's article, we will be discussing the TON outage, along with other established blockchains, and how they recovered from similar disruptions. https://img.leopedia.io/DQmPAHM7iLq1oFcBBXRqHi56sGvys6hooaWg9EEEs2TrxTJ/tonlogoedited.jpg TON's Outage The TON blockchain suffered a disruption on June 1, lasting approximately 40 minutes. The issue was caused by an error in the masterchain dispatch queue around 12:50 UTC. Network functionality was restored about 40 minutes later, after the development team deployed a targeted fix that updated a few master chain validators. No funds were lost, and pending transactions during the downtime were unaffected. In August 2024, TON suffered a similar inte