Shiba Inu Shibarium Faces Technical Glitch: Network Outage Hinders User Experience

Amidst the burgeoning landscape of cryptocurrency solutions, Shiba Inu’s layer 2 protocol Shibarium suffered a major setback due to a temporary network outage within the platform that affected users’ seamless operations and experience. 

Shibarium Faces Temporary Service Disruption

Popular Shiba Inu developer Kaal Dhairya shared the information on the X (formerly Twitter) platform today while offering an update on the development. This development underscores the difficulty in upholding reliable network infrastructure in the face of increasing demand and changing technological environments.

It is important to note that since the launch of Shibarium, the feature has had several network outages. Following its founding in August last year, Shibarium witnessed a significant technical problem, which resulted in the failure of its mainnet Remote Procedure Call (RPC). 

Shibarium consequently underwent a rigorous two-week scaling period before relaunching on the main net and continuing to function ever since. Kaal Dhairya noted that networking problems amongst Shibarium validators caused the recent temporary service outage. Specifically, these Shibrium validators are organizations in charge of verifying transactions on the platform and preserving the integrity of the network.

Although the network has fully recovered, several services, such as the platform’s block explorer Shibariumscan and external RPCs, may still be unavailable until the suggested actions are taken, indicating the team’s continued effort to resolve the technical issues.

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There was a temporary Shibarium outage caused because of networking issues amongst the validators. The network is back up and running now, some services like Shibariumscan or external RPCs can still remain down until the steps provided are implemented.

Given some services are still down, Dhairya has urged every external team working on the platform’s infrastructure, like RPC, to get in touch in order to arrange for more efficient communication over shared Slack and Telegram channels.

Latest UI Update On The Layer 2 Solution

The recent mishap came in light of the inception of the latest User Interface (UI) upgrade on the layer 2 protocol designed to help link Shibarium to other leading platforms and improve the blockchain experience for users. “We expanded wallet compatibility with MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Rainbow, Trust Wallet, and Wallet Connect to let you Shibas connect the way you want,” the team stated.

According to the team, user experience and speed were their top priorities while rebuilding the platform. Thus, they are constantly working to improve the utilization and potency of blockchain technology. 

With this new UI update, the solution’s performance is bound to improve, making it more rapid, smoother, and more accessible than ever. This upgrade is also indicative of Shibarium’s consistent efforts to expand accessibility and usability in the context of decentralized finance.

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