{"id":30081,"date":"2026-05-28T18:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/sui-blockchain-stalls-again-sui-sinks-8\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:22:38","slug":"sui-blockchain-stalls-again-sui-sinks-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/sui-blockchain-stalls-again-sui-sinks-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Sui blockchain stalls again, SUI sinks 8%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Sui blockchain stalled on May 28, halting block production and sending the SUI token down 8%.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_838abe522cec7c1777d42df36e3ce96a\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sui blockchain stopped producing blocks on May 28, its second major stall in five months.<\/li>\n<li>The core team confirmed a network stall and paused transactions while deploying a fix.<\/li>\n<li>The SUI token fell roughly 8% as block finality halted across the network\u2019s dApps.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Sui blockchain suffered a network stall on May 28, halting block production across its mainnet. The SUI token dropped about 8% as the disruption hit.<\/p>\n<p>The incident marks the layer-1\u2019s second major stall in five months. Sui\u2019s core team <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2060005543406899294\">posted<\/a> that the mainnet was experiencing a network stall and that engineers were actively working on a solution, pausing transactions while safeguarding user funds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sui Mainnet is currently experiencing a network stall. The Sui Core team is actively working on a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Be aware that transactions may be paused at this time. Updates will be shared as soon as they are available.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sui (@SuiNetwork) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SuiNetwork\/status\/2060005543406899294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened to the Sui network<\/h3>\n<p>Block explorers showed no new checkpoints for nearly an hour, halting transaction finality across decentralised apps. Engineers said they had identified the issue within roughly 20 minutes and begun deploying a fix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSui Mainnet is currently experiencing a network stall. The Sui Core team is actively working on a solution. Be aware that transactions may be paused at this time,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n<p>The stall follows a six-hour consensus outage in January, which crypto.news reported was traced to a validator consensus bug that halted activity while user funds stayed safe.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Sui keeps stalling<\/h3>\n<p>Sui\u2019s object-centric design and parallel execution deliver high theoretical throughput, but validator coordination under edge cases has repeatedly surfaced reliability questions. A two-hour outage in November 2024 was the network\u2019s first major disruption since its 2023 launch.<\/p>\n<p>The repeated halts arrive during an already fragile stretch. SUI was trading near multi-month lows even before the latest stall, after the network absorbed the $223 million Cetus Protocol hack last year.<\/p>\n<p>A detailed post-mortem is likely to follow, outlining the root cause and preventive measures, as Sui issued after previous incidents.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sui blockchain stalled on May 28, halting block production and sending the SUI token down 8%. 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