Shibarium, a newly launched Ethereum layer-2 scaling blockchain, recently encountered unforeseen technical challenges due to a sudden surge in user activity. Shytoshi Kusama, a prominent figure in the Shiba Inu ($SHIB) ecosystem, shed light on the situation, explaining that Shibarium was swamped with an immense volume of traffic, quantified in “compute units,” shortly after its introduction.
In response to this overwhelming traffic, which led to a vast number of contract creations and transactions in a single block, Shibarium’s system activated its fail-safe mode. This precautionary measure was taken to ensure the safety and security of funds on the platform.
According to data shared by the Shibarium team, the platform had earmarked a monthly allocation of 400 million compute units. Remarkably, almost half of this was consumed in just 30 minutes post-launch. While the team had braced for a bustling start, the immediate traffic…
