Sui blockchain suffers more downtime following Thursday’s six-hour outage

Sui was offline for 5 hours and 55 minutes on Thursday due to a bug in the blockchain's latest "1.72 release."...
Key takeaways
- 1Sui blockchain experienced a 5 hour 55 minute outage on Thursday caused by a bug in the 1.72 release.
- 2The downtime reflects ongoing network stability issues affecting Sui's reliability for users and developers.
- 3Such outages risk undermining investor confidence in Sui as a competing blockchain platform.
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Why it matters
Network outages directly impact Indian retail crypto investors' ability to trade and access funds on Sui. Repeated downtime reduces platform credibility and affects portfolio returns for retail traders betting on Sui's growth.
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