Cardano clarifies "there was absolutely no downtime"! The Mainnet is producing blocks stably, with far fewer outages than Cloudflare.

This afternoon (21st), the cryptocurrency community suddenly spread the news of “Cardano blockchain downtime”. However, after verification, it was confirmed that the Cardano mainnet has never stopped producing blocks today, and the overall network operation has always been normal. (Background: Cardano Foundation's latest financial report: asset reserves rise to $659 million, with ADA accounting for 76% and Bitcoin 15%) (Background supplement: Cardano Whale lost $6 million in seconds by exchanging 14.4 million ADA for USDA! On-chain OG becomes an on-chain clown, what happened?) This afternoon (21st), the cryptocurrency community suddenly spread the news of “Cardano blockchain downtime”, causing some users to panic. The well-known SPV Wallet VESPR even issued an alarm on its official X account, stating that “Cardano seems to be experiencing downtime, as no new blocks have been produced for 20 minutes,” which made many ADA holders sweat. Cardano mainnet is not down. However, after multiple verifications and official responses, this incident was quickly confirmed to be a “false alarm”. The Cardano mainnet has never stopped producing blocks today, and the overall network operation has always been normal. The so-called “20 minutes without new blocks” phenomenon only occurred on some nodes that had not been timely upgraded to the latest version, causing a few wallets and frontend tools to display anomalies, and was not a systemic failure. In response, Cardano community governance leader Nicolas Cerny immediately clarified to staking pool operators (SPO): “Cardano mainnet is still producing blocks. Cardano is not down.” At the same time, several core developers and community members also came forward to explain that this is just an old node synchronization issue, block production has never been interrupted, and transactions will eventually go on-chain normally, with funds completely safe. Additionally, regarding such rumors that threaten the interests of ADA holders, Cardano supporters countered that Cardano's record of almost zero downtime over the past years far surpasses many public chains, even joking that “Cloudflare has had more downtime in the past year than Cardano.” Verification suggestions for investors. When encountering similar alarms, the best approach is to immediately check the official blockchain explorer (such as CardanoScan, AdaStat, PoolTool) to see if the real-time block height continues to rise. At the same time, you can also refer to the latest announcements on Cardano's official Twitter, Discord, or SPO channels. In summary, investors should avoid concluding based solely on warnings from wallets or third-party tools, and should not rush to operate during community panic to avoid asset losses. Related reports: Brave browser wallet announces support for the public chain Cardano, how does the native token $BAT perform? ADA founder criticizes Ethereum's “three major deficiencies”: Vitalik admits Cardano is better, ETH may disappear within ten years. Cardano announces transformation to Bitcoin L2: integrating BitcoinOS to release $1.3 trillion liquidity, can ADA benefit? <Cardano clarifies "there was no downtime at all! The mainnet is steadily producing blocks, far fewer downtime instances than Cloudflare> This article was first published in BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media.