Avalanche, a decentralized applications (DApp) platform, experienced a significant technical disruption impacting block production on its Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain. The issue, which occurred on February 23, 2024, at 12:02:27 UTC, appears to be related to a recently launched 'inscription wave'. Kevin Sekniqi, co-founder of Ava Labs, believes the problem may be an 'esoteric bug from some edge case' and mentioned it's likely a mempool handling issue with inscriptions. Sekniqi assured the community that the issue would be 'handled quickly'. This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.

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Decentralized applications (DApp) platform Avalanche witnessed a significant technical disruption impacting the block production of the proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. Investigating Avalanche primary network block production issue right now. Seems to be related to a new inscription wave launched about an hour ago. — Kevin Sekniqi  (@kevinsekniqi) February 23, 2024 On Feb. 23 at 12:02:27 UTC, the Avalanche’s primary network experienced block production issues, seemingly putting the network to a halt. Kevin Sekniqi, the co-founder of Ava Labs, posted on X (formerly Twitter) that their team is already investigating the issue. According to Sekniqi, the halt in block production may be connected to a “new inscription wave” launched an hour before the issues surfaced. The Ava Labs executive believes that the issue might be an “esoteric bug from some edge case” and mentioned that the issue is likely a mempool handling issue with inscriptions. Sekniqi assured the community that this would be “handled quickly.” This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available. 

Avalanche Experiences Block Production Halt Due to New Inscription Wave