Sui Mainnet Experienced Three Interruptions on May 28-29; Official Review Indicates Issues Stemmed from Gas Fee Vulnerability and Validator Randomness Bug
All faults have been fixed, and user funds were not affected.
In market mechanisms, stability events on Layer 1 networks heighten developer caution, accelerating the flow of funds from high-risk interrupted public chains to reliable infrastructure. Sui benefits from transparent reviews and quick fixes, while competitors are pressured by availability comparisons.
Source: Public Information
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Sui previously marketed itself on high-performance parallel execution and the Move language; this interruption exposed edge issues with the Gas mechanism and randomness generation under real mainnet load, continuing the stability challenges faced by most high TPS public chains in their early mainnet phases.
In terms of capital pathways, the Sui team quickly identified and fixed the bugs while publicly providing a detailed review, aiming to maintain developer and TVL confidence and avoid ecological loss similar to Solana's early multiple interruptions. This approach focuses on strengthening long-term network resilience through engineering iterations.
Similar cases include Solana's gradual improvements after multiple mainnet interruptions in 2021-2022, as well as similar optimization processes under mainnet pressure for Move-based public chains like Aptos; currently, Sui is at a critical stage of transitioning from performance-first to production-grade stability.
Essentially, this represents a technological shift: Layer 1 public chains are moving from pursuing theoretical high performance to actual usability and rapid repair capabilities. The mechanism lies in the exposure of hidden bugs by real mainnet traffic, forcing capital to concentrate on projects with transparent reviews and engineering execution capabilities, thereby reconstructing the long-term trust pricing power of public chains.
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Interruptions are not frightening; what is frightening is the inability to admit them and the failure to fix them quickly.
Performance is a promise; stability is the delivery.
Excellent public chains sell reliability; fragile public chains sell speed.