An increased traffic congestion causes a partial disruption on Arbitrum, the layer-2 blockchain, preventing normal operation on Friday morning. Let’s see all the details below.
The traffic influx causes problems on Arbitrum
As anticipated, the Arbitrum network (ARB) has experienced a “partial outage” today due to a sudden increase in transaction traffic, which has impacted the layer-2 blockchain sequencer.
According to social media posts, Arbitrum’s sequencer has crashed during a significant increase in network traffic.
In particular, a post on the Arbitrum status web page states the following:
“We are working to solve the problem as quickly as possible and we will provide an autopsy as soon as possible.”
The sequencers have been compared to an “air traffic control” to decide the landing order of transactions on layer-2 networks like Arbitrum.
They play a crucial role in connecting L2 with the base chain, Ethereum, but they also represent a potential point of
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