On September 10, the Layer 2 network Linea, developed by ConsenSys, experienced operational disruptions, much to the concern of its users and the broader blockchain community. The incident was reported by journalist Colin Wu, highlighting the vulnerability of crypto networks despite their touted security features.
Lineascan data shows that the Linea network has not produced a block for 41 minutes, suggesting a possible outage. https://t.co/qkFs2vvftB pic.twitter.com/ipTB6CJN4I
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) September 10, 2025
The blockchain ceased processing blocks for a total of 46 minutes. By the time of writing, developers had resolved the issue, and the network was back to normal operations. However, the exact cause behind the disruption remains unclear, as the development team has not yet commented on the situation.
At 18:00 MSK on the same day, the highly anticipated launch of the LINEA token was scheduled, along with its listing on major exchanges such as Bybit and OKX. Alongside the token launch, the team planned to distribute coins to participants.
Earlier on September 3, the Linea project introduced an airdrop eligibility checker, allowing users to claim assets from September 10 to December 9. A total of 9.36 billion tokens are set to be distributed among 749,662 addresses, a reward for participants of the Linea Voyage (LXP) and Linea Surge (LXP-L) campaigns. This airdrop represents a significant milestone for the project, aiming to boost user engagement and community involvement.
In a prior move to ensure the integrity of the airdrop process, the Linea Association had excluded over 516,960 wallets from the total list of 1.29 million eligible addresses. The head of the L2 network, Declan Fox, previously stated that over 800,000 Sybil addresses were filtered out using a Proof-of-Humanity mechanism, underscoring the project’s commitment to fairness and transparency.
Disruption in Polygon
Simultaneously, issues also arose within the Polygon mainnet, raising questions about the stability of these interconnected blockchain systems. At the time of reporting, the Polygon network had failed to produce new blocks for over two hours, prompting developer Sifu to comment on the unexpected downtime.
Linea and Polygon blockchain experienced downtime at about the same time. Could it be related? Linea is now back online and producing blocks. Polygon, however, remains down, nearly 2 hours and counting https://t.co/csD5mwddVK pic.twitter.com/csD5mwddVK
— Sifu (@0xCeefu) September 10, 2025
As of now, the Polygon project team has not provided a response regarding the outage. In the wake of these disruptions, the price of the network’s native token, POL, dropped by more than 3%, affecting investor sentiment and confidence.
In a previous incident on July 30, another disruption occurred in the Polygon network, leading developers to clarify that the issue stemmed from problems with the blockchain’s “coordinator,” Heimdall. In that instance, one of the validators unexpectedly ceased operations, halting the creation of new blocks. Such disruptions raise significant concerns about the reliability of these evolving blockchain technologies and their capability to sustain user trust.
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