The Solana project has been delayed due to prolonged network congestion

The temporary congestion on the Solana blockchain has forced several crypto projects to postpone their launch. Solana developers said they plan to work on repairs until April 15.

Users of the Solana blockchain have reported increasing issues around network congestion and transaction errors over the past several weeks. New projects, especially those with token launch plans, decided to stop until technical problems were resolved.

Some of the Solana projects hoping to solve congestion include the Invincible Token (NFT) project, Suit up, altcoin project DuckCoin, and Solana staking reward platform Surge Finance.

On April 6, Solana-focused software development shop Anza released its plan to address network congestion in its Solana authentication client implementation.

Initial investigations have pointed to issues surrounding the implementation of QUIC, a general-purpose transport layer network protocol, as a root cause. The developers said:

“Anza engineers, along with other key contributors, are working around the clock to diagnose and fix bottlenecks and improve network performance. Expect more updates and changes in the coming months.”

At the time of writing, users on crypto exchange Coinbase have reported experiencing delayed delivery of Solana (SOL) tokens.

According to the incident report, Solana spent more than eight hours investigating the case. However, the issues will not affect transaction and fiat withdrawal and deposit functionality.

Solana founder Raj Gokal previously said that “(failed transactions on the Solana blockchain) have nothing to do with expansion.”

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Amid growing criticism surrounding marketing failures, Phantom Network creator Andre Cronje has backed Solana's network.

According to Cronje, the ongoing overcrowding on Solana stems from the ecosystem's rapid growth, which has led to increased demand for space. Cronje said the implementation issues were technical challenges, not flaws in the consensus strategy.

Cronje cited Solana's network as a victim of success. Following an increase in transaction failures, Solana users recently took to social media to complain about failed transactions and a degraded user experience.

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