Anatoly Yakovenko, the driving force behind Solana Labs, has refuted allegations that network disruptions were due to an inundation of validator messages and their on-chain voting system bogging down its consensus layer.
A Twitter User Mentioned a “Massive Design Flaw”
On February 27th, the Solana Foundation revealed that they have yet to uncover the underlying reason for their recent 20-hour network outage. In response to DBCryptoX’s post on Twitter claiming that excessive validator messages and on-chain votes were clogging the system, resulting in a “massive design flaw” leading to outages, the CEO of Solana responded with disagreement. This controversy raised questions about how this issue will be addressed moving forward and has sparked conversations amongst users across social media platforms.
A Quick Reply From Anatoly Yakovenko
Anatoly Yankovenko, however, tweeted a response in 20 minutes dismissing the idea as “pure ignorance.” He further explained that these votes are part of an immense quorum providing exceptional levels of security and maximizing both throughputs and fees. But Anatoly Yakovenko didn’t deny DBCryptoX’s argument, which states 90-95% of transactions on Solana consist of validator messages and on-chain votes leading to bog down the system.
No Consensus on Reasons for the Outage in Solana
DBCryptoX reported that the network outages lasted an astounding 20 hours, which they attributed to validators taking a considerable amount of time to reach consensus via off-chain methods like Discord. However, not everyone was on board with this hypothesis, as Alex Kroeger from Solana-powered Wallet Phantom believes there is no single cause and that PoS networks require significant communication for validation purposes.
After the network officially resumed on Feb. 25, it appears that cryptocurrency world participants have grown weary of Solana’s constant network disruptions.
