Altcoin Polkadot (DOT) faced a temporary disruption in block production across its parachains following a major network upgrade.
On April 21, Polkadot deployed the runtime upgrade 1.2 on its mainnet, which enabled multiple features for the Kusama (KSM) and Polkadot blockchains. Unfortunately, the update ended up causing parachains to experience a brief halt in block production. Moonbeam, an Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain, soon revealed a cessation in block production for about an hour.
Bill Laboon, Director of Education and Governance Initiatives at Web3 Foundation, also noted that the API change impacted some wallets and interfaces. Laboon confirmed that the transition to paged reward payouts was responsible for the UI issues. Although certain workarounds exist, many Polkadot users stated that the issues have yet to be resolved.
Meanwhile, DOT, the native token of the Polkadot ecosystem, has remained resilient despite the temporary disruptions and UI problems. Currently, the token is valued at $7.43, up by nearly 6% over the last 24 hours.
