The Polygon network was disrupted following a block generation failure over the past 13 hours.
The situation is actually expected and the developer has informed Polygon users at midnight last night through the official forum site.
What happen?
It is understood that the Polygon network is scheduled to face the latest update at one o'clock this morning.
However, the update did not end with a satisfactory result as it was believed to be attacked by a bug.
“We suspect the update also contains bugs that negatively impact the consensus and cause other Heimdall verifiers to be in the chain of other versions. This resulted in the consensus not being fully reached, only 2/3 was recorded. ”
For the record, the Polygon network has 3 layers and each has its own role:
Ethereum: place a smart contract and make sure it works.
Drill: block revenue.
Heimdall: consists of Proof of Stake (PoS) nodes to ensure the network operates smoothly.
What is problematic now is that Heimdall is still not fully reached, only 2/3 as informed in the forum.
As of the writing of this article, there is still no further information on the issue except an official tweet on Twitter informing that the PoS mechanism in Polygon is back in operation after the developer inserted a temporary hotfix:
🔼 UPDATE
Polygon PoS has resumed operation as the team has deployed a temporary hotfix to address the issue.
All user funds are safe.
We're working on a long-term solution and will continue to update the official forum and other channels.https: //t.co/IaQZ6j9AWX https://t.co/dNjHDXSzKL
- Polygon Developers 💜 (@0xPolygonDevs) March 11, 2022
But until now, no blocks in Polygon have been successfully produced.
Even so, the price per unit of MATIC traded at $ 1.44 with a jump of almost 1% in 24 hours at the time of writing the article.
