Ethereum Faces Block Finalisation Issues, Raising Security Questions

The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Ethereum (ETH), has encountered technical issues that have caused serious security worries among ETH holders.

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The blockchain had trouble finalizing blocks, which prevented transactions on the ETH network from being final.

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This has raised questions about the Ethereum blockchain’s reliability and security, as well as how it may affect the whole blockchain ecosystem.

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Thursday and Friday were the days that a specific outage of the Ethereum blockchain caused serious security concerns among ETH investors.

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Block completion delays on the blockchain caused stability problems and failed transactions on the ETH network.

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