Ethereum accidentally “hard forks” after Infura outrage
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The decentralized world computer was hit by the reality of having a single point of failure earlier today after an Ethereum client failed to update its software version.
Infura, an Ethereum service provider run and maintained by ConsenSys, suffered a service outage this morning causing other services and companies to be temporarily blocked from seeing the network’s data.
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