I am a big believer in layer-2 roll-ups for Ethereum scalability, so pretty much all my funds are on Arbitrum. I woke up earlier then usual this morning to do some transactions while the gas fees are low, but I couldn't connect my MetaMask wallet to Arbitrum on any DEX or dApp.
I went to Arbiscan, and what I saw scared me : the last transaction was processed more then 2 hours ago.
There is no announcement on their Twitter or subreddit, so I went to their Discord server. They had this message :
Hello - we are aware of some issues with the network. We are investigating and will post an update here once we have one.
I am worried, because right now I can't do the transactions I want to do, and that's a weird thing to say in a supposedly permissionless, censorship-resistant environement. There is no explanation whatsoever about what happened ; I guess it has to do with the high volume of transactions during the crash, but I really don't know.
I was using Arbitrum because I thought it was reliable and secure. But now my confidence is shaken.
Anyone has any idea what could be happening? Does it scare you too?
EDIT (3:49 PM EST.) : Looks like the problem was with their sequencer, and it is now back online. Transactions are going through smoothly. Phew, what a ride it has been! Glad we are back in business.
EDIT #2 : Here is a follow-up the the team just released. They are very transparent about what happened, and that puts my mind at ease.
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