Reports from multiple users have it that Ethereum’s Parity client is currently undergoing technical malfunctioning. Following the news update from a reliable source, the OpenEthereum client, initially known as Parity client, is stuck on the 294th block after the Berlin hard fork’s execution. The incident was reported by some individuals using the platform. The malfunction was speculated that error messages users are getting is caused because the platform is disallowing the creation of additional blocks, reasoning that it has an invalid state Merkle root.

Only OpenEthereum is affected by the error reported

The Geth, another platform with a similar function as the affected network, is working correctly. This has led to the thought that OpenEthereum might be the only platform malfunctioning. Etherscan, a famous blockchain explorer, is currently facing an outage resulting from the disturbance on the platform. According to the display on its homepage, the 12,244,294th block is the lastly created block. Meanwhile, other platforms are exploring accurately.

The source of the problem is yet to be discovered. However, the platform’s technical men are currently trying to figure out the issue and then solve it. Meanwhile, Ether will be unavailable until the whole issue is solved. However, other platforms like Ethereum, infura function well. This made it evident that OpenEthereum is the only plat affected.

Ethereum had experienced the same issue before. Sometimes around November, last year, the ETH platform had a malfunctioning network, as its service providers, Blockchair & Infura, encountered outages. Infura is a hosting service that functions to connect crypto firms and network providers to Ethereum. It was thought to be the one with the internal errors until other service providers too laid their complaints.

Blockchair complaint that it noticed the blocks it was seeing did not tally with the ones Ethescan was broadcasting. The discord between the two famous block explorer started after the 11234873rd block was created. The group’s picture revealed that the discrepancy affected few miners, too, as they created some blocks on a minor chain.

Berlin Hard Fork?

A fork is best as any blockchain divergent. When there is a variation in the blockchain procedures used by software to validate a transaction, a fork is said to have occurred. It happens when the programmers change a basic part of crypto. The reason may as a result of hackers’ activities or internal incongruence. The effect might manifest as ludicrous price volatility. The soft fork supports the former mode of operation. When it occurs, a new transaction would be validated by the old connections. However, the new connection would invalidate new blocks.

The hard fork, on the other hand, does not support the old network. This implies that the old network would not recognize any new transaction. Meaning the network would have to be upgraded for new chains to be created. Hard ford requires the consent of the majority, both the users and the service providers. This is the basis of the issue facing the Ethereum community.