Avalanche Faces "Freeze" Again Within a Week
Avalanche has once again encountered issues with its C-Chain, halting block production on the evening of March 26. This marks the second disruption of its kind in the past seven days.
On March 26, Wu Blockchain reported that Avalanche's C-Chain faced another outage, stopping block production from 5:30 PM (VN time). Data from the block explorer SnowTrace confirmed this issue.
Avalanche C chain stops producing blocks again for over 50 minutes. https://t.co/SuQAjgbouc https://t.co/Nxvhjhg3ml
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) March 26, 2023
Shortly thereafter, the account @kasperbaobei commented on Wu Blockchain's announcement, noting that the outage affected several validators and that a v1.9.16 patch had been released to address the problem.
Avalanche C chain stops producing blocks again for over 50 minutes. https://t.co/SuQAjgbouc https://t.co/Nxvhjhg3ml
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) March 26, 2023
Avalanche and Ava Labs have yet to provide an official update on the situation, and co-founder Kevin Sekniqi's account appears to be inactive.
We’ve released v1.9.16 (https://t.co/Aoclnjq9TR) to fix an issue affecting some validators. Please update at your earliest convenience.
— Kasperonchain (@kasperbaobei) March 26, 2023
In the comments section, many expressed concern over the fact that this is the second such incident within a week. Some speculated that Avalanche might soon break Solana's record for "freezes." Historically, few blockchains have matched Solana and Polygon's track records for disruptions.
See Also: Avalanche Faces C-Chain Issue, Stops Block Production for Nearly 3 Hours
As of now, Avalanche has resumed block production and transaction processing normally. The price of AVAX has shown minimal volatility during the blockchain's downtime.
1-hour chart of AVAX/USDT on Binance, screenshot taken at 8:50 AM on March 27, 2023.
