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Cardano’s 14-Hour Stress Test: How the Network Took a Hit and Healed Itself

Cardano’s 14-Hour Stress Test: How the Network Took a Hit and Healed Itself

Update: 2025-12-03
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/cardanos-14-hour-stress-test-how-the-network-took-a-hit-and-healed-itself.

This incident was an exception and highlighted areas where Cardano can improve while also demonstrating its strengths.

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Cardano suffered a 14 hour, self-repairing chain fork on November 21st, 2025. This is the largest degradation of service for Cardano in its 8 years of operation. A serialization bug caused a unidirectional soft-fork.

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Cardano’s 14-Hour Stress Test: How the Network Took a Hit and Healed Itself

Cardano’s 14-Hour Stress Test: How the Network Took a Hit and Healed Itself

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