Cryptocurrency Q&A Has Ethereum ever been down?

Has Ethereum ever been down?

Elena Elena Thu Dec 26 2024 | 6 answers 1034
I'm wondering if Ethereum, the blockchain platform, has ever experienced any downtime or outages in its history. Have there been instances where the Ethereum network was not accessible or functioning properly? Has Ethereum ever been down?

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amelia_martinez_engineer amelia_martinez_engineer Sat Dec 28 2024
To my knowledge, there has been no complete shutdown of the mainnet.

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AltcoinAdventurer AltcoinAdventurer Fri Dec 27 2024
In 2016, a severe denial-of-service attack occurred.

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Lorenzo Lorenzo Fri Dec 27 2024
Miners took action to mitigate the damage.

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amelia_doe_explorer amelia_doe_explorer Fri Dec 27 2024
This attack had a significant impact on the network.

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DigitalDuke DigitalDuke Fri Dec 27 2024
Many nodes were affected and fell out of synchronization.

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