Ontology Halts Mainnet to Investigate Security Concern
The pause stops block production at block 20,770,893 with no public restart timetable and no confirmed exploit, leaving ONT and ONG holders watching for the next technical update.
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The pause stops block production at block 20,770,893 with no public restart timetable and no confirmed exploit, leaving ONT and ONG holders watching for the next technical update.
The invalid block stopped production at height 47806542, taking deposits, withdrawals, and client software offline before partial sequencer recovery.
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