Sui Network Resumes Operations After 6-Hour Consensus Outage
Sui Network's mainnet has been fully restored following a severe consensus stall that paralyzed the blockchain for nearly six hours on January 14, 2026. The incident froze over $1 billion in on-chain assets before validators regained synchronization at 8:44 PM UTC.
Market reaction defied expectations as SUI token holders maintained positions despite the outage. This marks the network's second major operational disruption since launch, yet investor confidence appears resilient. Core developers are preparing a technical postmortem while advising users to refresh wallets for transaction visibility.
The consensus failure originated from validator coordination breakdowns during transaction ordering. Unlike typical Layer-1 outages that trigger selloffs, Sui's rapid recovery demonstrated unusual market conviction in its underlying technology.
