Cardano Blockchain Suffers Chain Split After Validation Bug on Friday at 8 AM UTC

Cardano's blockchain experienced a temporary chain split on Friday at approximately 8 AM UTC after a malformed delegation transaction exposed a validation flaw in node software. The issue caused portions of the network to diverge briefly before developers deployed a corrective hard fork, according to Intersect, the network's governance organization. Block production continued throughout the incident without a complete network shutdown.