Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Polygon has announced that its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) is currently experiencing downtime due to an issue with its blockchain sequencer.
In a post on X, Polygon reassured its two million followers that the issue is confined to the zkEVM specifically and does not impact any other chain deployed using the Polygon chain development kit (CDK).
“This only impacts Polygon zkEVM (which is the only rollup) and does not impact Polygon PoS, Polygon CDK, or any chain that has deployed using Polygon CDK.”
Polygon clarified that the problem comes from the blockchain sequencer, which is responsible for organizing and combining transactions into batches before relaying them to the Polygon zkEVM smart contract on Ethereum’s main network.
The blockchain platform emphasized that it is working on fully resolving the issue and promised to release a comprehensive “post-mortem” statement once the matter is resolved.
Several X users were speculating why the crypto community has remained silent regarding the unexpected prolonged network downtime.
One user on X, 0xngmi, asked their 101,900 followers, “why is nobody talking about how Polygon zkevm has been down for 10h and is still down?”
While another user, who goes by the username Mirza.inj, highlighted to their 14,800 followers why “Polygon zkEVM was down for over 10 hours, and no one said anything.”
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