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A ledger fork in the Stellar network sparked debate over the Ripple consensus protocol's safety. Stellar Development Foundation attributed the incident to protocol flaws, while Ripple Labs disputed the claims, arguing the issue stemmed from Stellar's modifications to the code.
Stellar experienced a ledger fork due to weaknesses in its Ripple-based consensus algorithm. The network temporarily switched to a single validator node and is prioritizing development of a new provably correct consensus system to prevent future forks and double-spend risks.
Stellar network experienced a 16-hour outage on September 20, 2014, caused by validator nodes running out of RAM, halting consensus and all transactions. The foundation addressed communication gaps and began work on scalability improvements to prevent recurrence.
