{"id":38527,"date":"2022-12-18T20:17:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T20:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=38527"},"modified":"2022-12-18T20:17:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T20:17:36","slug":"okx-cites-intermittent-outage-amid-alibaba-cloud-equipment-anomaly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=38527","title":{"rendered":"OKX cites intermittent outage amid Alibaba Cloud equipment anomaly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-v-30a6cf80=\"\">\n<p>Crypto exchange OKX witnessed service disruptions after primary infrastructure provider Alibaba Cloud announced a hardware failure in Alibaba Cloud\u2019s Hong Kong data center.<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba Cloud Hong Kong IDC Zone C server went offline on Saturday at roughly 10 pm ET and failed to recover for over seven hours at the time of reporting. On-chain data further <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0x6cc5f688a315f3dc28a7781717a9a798a59fda7b#tokentxns\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">confirms<\/a> that OKX processed no transactions during this timeline. <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-12\/9a058a16-0916-4628-84e9-a8c5504f2055.png\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Partial list of\u00a0Alibaba Cloud&#8217;s global infrastructure. Source: Alibaba Cloud<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alibaba Cloud\u2019s website shows that the Hong Kong (China) server hosts three availability zones, which have been operational since 2014. The cloud provider <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alibabacloud.com\/notice\/repair1218?spm=a3c0i.7927650.4953345300.1.40aa7cc3GkssLf\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">confirmed<\/a> the outage through an official announcement, as shown below.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-12\/30dc75a5-0bb9-4478-89ca-6367945b39e6.png\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Alibaba Cloud&#8217;s official announcement about service disruption that affected OKX&#8217;s service. Source: Alibaba Cloud<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While announcing the service disruption, OKX revealed that it is working together with Alibaba Cloud to resolve the issues. \u201cFunds are safe. Sorry for any inconvenience caused,\u201d the announcement added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is currently an intermittent connection error with our cloud provider which is affecting the user experience. Our dev team is resolving it with them. Funds are safe. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OKX (@okx) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okx\/status\/1604314283642621953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the meantime, users cannot withdraw and deposit funds, while some claim that their account balances have glitched to show $0 in their funds. Many investors have confirmed that their trades got stuck midway and have shown concerns about possible losses.<\/p>\n<p>OKX has not yet to responded to Cointelegraph\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/okx-releases-proof-of-reserves-page-along-with-instructions-on-how-to-self-audit-its-reserves\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/okx-releases-proof-of-reserves-page-along-with-instructions-on-how-to-self-audit-its-reserves\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>OKX releases proof-of-reserves page, along with instructions on how to self-audit its reserves<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In early December, Avalanche blockchain entered into a partnership to power Alibaba Cloud\u2019s Node-as-a-Service initiatives. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">APAC&#8217;s largest cloud service provider, Alibaba Cloud, has expanded support for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Avalanche?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#Avalanche<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>This integration enables developers to easily launch their own validator nodes, with access to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alibaba_cloud?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@alibaba_cloud<\/a>&#8216;s plug-and-play infrastructure and suite of products.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MlXTOYuJgG\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/MlXTOYuJgG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avalanche  (@avalancheavax) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avalancheavax\/status\/1598693617539108864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As Cointelegraph reported, the partnership is aimed at developing new tools for launching validator nodes on Avalanche&#8217;s public blockchain platform in Asia. The integration will allow Avalanche developers to use Alibaba Cloud\u2019s plug-and-play infrastructure as a service to launch new validators.<\/p>\n<p>During the announcement, it was revealed that Avalanche hosts over 1,200 validators and processes roughly 2 million daily transactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/okx-cites-intermittent-outage-amid-alibaba-cloud-equipment-anomaly\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto exchange OKX witnessed service disruptions after primary infrastructure provider Alibaba Cloud announced a hardware failure in Alibaba Cloud\u2019s Hong Kong data center. Alibaba Cloud Hong Kong IDC Zone C server went offline on Saturday at roughly 10 pm ET and failed to recover for over seven hours at the time of reporting. 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