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?
6 answers
amelia_martinez_engineer
Sat Dec 28 2024
To my knowledge, there has been no complete shutdown of the mainnet.
AltcoinAdventurer
Fri Dec 27 2024
In 2016, a severe denial-of-service attack occurred.
Lorenzo
Fri Dec 27 2024
Miners took action to mitigate the damage.
amelia_doe_explorer
Fri Dec 27 2024
This attack had a significant impact on the network.
DigitalDuke
Fri Dec 27 2024
Many nodes were affected and fell out of synchronization.