XRP Ledger Experiences Hour-Long Outage Before Recovering Automatically

The blockchain network powering XRP halted block production due to a rare 'silent network' failure but resumed operations without loss of assets or transactions.

• The XRP Ledger (XRPL) temporarily stopped block production for about an hour on Tuesday, marking a rare disruption for the network.
• Ripple CTO David Schwartz attributed the issue to a 'silent network' failure, where validators ceased publishing validations despite consensus mechanisms running.
• The network recovered spontaneously, with minimal manual intervention by validator operators to reset the consensus mechanism to a previously validated state.
• No user funds or transactions were lost during the outage, as XRPL's safety mechanisms prevented the acceptance of unverified transactions.
• The cause of the failure is still under investigation, highlighting the resilience and safety features of the XRPL's Federated Consensus mechanism.

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