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Arweave (permanent data storage blockchain) block production stalled for over 24 hours

Arweave (permanent data storage blockchain) block production stalled for over 24 hours

Arweave’s network remains fully operational despite a cached data issue on Viewblock causing false reports of halted block activity.

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Fact Check
The assessment is primarily based on a single, highly relevant, and authoritative source. The news report on the Binance platform explicitly states that the Arweave network experienced a halt in block production for a duration exceeding 24 hours. This source directly supports the statement with perfect relevance (1.00) and high authority (0.85).Other sources provide little to no conflicting or supporting evidence. The Kraken status page, while authoritative, only reflects the current operational status and does not offer historical data to challenge the claim of a past outage. The post from 'ao', a project in the Arweave ecosystem, tangentially relates by mentioning 'Slashing for downtime,' which acknowledges that downtime is a possibility within the network's design, but it does not confirm this specific event. The remaining sources are completely irrelevant to the claim.Since there is a clear, direct, and uncontradicted piece of evidence from a reputable source confirming the statement, and no evidence to the contrary, the statement is assessed as 'likely_true' with high confidence.
Summary

On Feb. 8, Arweave community member @mil_itia confirmed the network is producing blocks and processing transactions normally, despite Viewblock showing no new blocks since Feb. 6. The issue stems from Viewblock’s browser using local cache instead of actual block height data, creating a misleading impression of halted activity. Other explorers, such as Arscan, reflected the same outdated block height of 1,851,686 for over 24 hours, but the blockchain itself continues uninterrupted operations.

Terms & Concepts
  • Block production: The process by which a blockchain creates and appends new blocks to the ledger, enabling transaction confirmation.
  • Blockchain: A distributed ledger network that records transactions in sequential, tamper-resistant blocks.
  • Transaction confirmation: The inclusion of a transaction in a newly mined block, making it valid and increasingly irreversible.