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What happened to Blockchain.info?

When I check for an address, I get the following error: Got error 157 'Unknown error code' from NDBCLUSTER

Any one have any information on this issue?

idk, NDB CLUSTER is probably a virus.

IIRC it is either a virus attack or scheduled maintenance.

No info on that error but I've been on there three times earlier and each time received an error about the servers having reached their connection limits or something and that I should try again later.

I think the majority of the bitcoin community still make use of Blockchain.info to lookup accounts and or blocks etc.. And with their recently reached 4 million wallets it seems like things are getting a bit to busy in server land. Time for a big upgrade.

It is a scheduled Maintenance The Following Message on Blockchain.info says "We Will Be Back Shortly

Blockchain.info is currently down for maintenance. For status updates please see Twitter. Apologies for any inconvenience."

Site Under Maintenance

maybe few minutes and they will be back online

Also got the message that the site is under maintenance. Try to reload the website.

theyre just under maintenance maybe because of the recent stress test
just be patient :D

stress test about what, wasn't already established that core can't handle well a large number of transaction per seconds without raising an enourmouse queue list? what we need to discover anymore with those useless test besides bringing more anger among these that are making many TX at day

Based on their twitter, they are currently under maintenance. Try using other block explorers like blocktrail.com or btc.blockr.io

Their servers should be more than powerful to handle a surge of transactions as it can afford to have 1000+ connections to them. They have been incredibly inconsistent and many bugs have surfaced, I won't use them if I were you.

Both the above mentioned block explorers are very good.
Personally I also find good use to the blockr API as well.

We Will Be Back Shortly

Blockchain.info is currently down for maintenance. For status updates please see Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/blockchain.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

Yeah, it could be because of the stress test (if it started).
I remember they had server problems when the previous stress test was running.

i back up my wallet from blockchain to mycellium :)
and im still can transfer

Being one of the biggest wallet service providers, one would think they would have better methods than only Twitter to make these anouncements.  ??? If you have planned maintenance schedules, why not post

it on Bitcoin forums for everyone to prepare? It reminds me about the days when you got to a closed door at a fiat bank... oh it's still like that.  ;) The only difference being that you not prompted by the ATM to say

this service is termporarily down... you have to go to another service to find more information about it. There must be a way to notify people in advance?  ???

The forums here do the same when they are offline.
I guess it's because they had no way of knowing they would be going offline or something.

maintenance..
I've seen posts on blockchain twitter.
hopefully remain well after the maintenance is completed

Latest updates on this issue:

Relax people I'm sure they'll be up within the next 5-6 hours. This has happened a few times with them & they always get back up & running. If you're paranoid about any funds you have on there just type your public key into another block explorer & you'll see your funds are safe.

If the worst happened then as long as you have your private keys you can move your coins elsewhere. The private key is on the paper wallet sub section on the my wallet page. Too late now though if you don't have it lol.

Well yes, this seems as a standard procedure for everyone in the Bitcoin world. Everybody are using Twitter to let their customers know when they are offline for maintenance or that they have some other problems. So I don't see any problem here.

For example, last time the btc-e was down few weeks ago, they haven't put any announcement on forums, they were just updating accordingly their Twitter page.

ty for the info! i notice that this morning, i mean that the web was down, i was asking to myself if this was a problem of my isp.

i will try to check the twitter account more often then ;), or better, let's hope that i dont need to check it again/soon. :)

I don't know what the think about the term shortly but I'am waiting a half day already.

We just have to wait I guess

Check their twitter - they're beginning to tweet users back. This usually means they're not far away from a solution.
Tweeting multiple users back certainly doesn't point towards a hack or scam any way.

Edit - 2 more

Blockchain @blockchain
@tomx0o0x Hi Tim! This is a maintenance issue and your funds are safe. We will update you as frequently as possible.
3:22pm - 4 Sep 15

Blockchain @blockchain
@darraghconnolly It was an unforeseen issue related to installation of new equipment. We will keep you updated as frequently as possible.
3:24pm - 4 Sep 15

From their twitter account: "We're continuing to undergo system upgrades. We apologize for the inconvenience during this maintenance."

i thought they crashed because of the stress test. havent they been down for couple hours now?
hope they come back up soon.

hope they come back soon, need to send a payment...

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Perhaps by chance blockchain.info was down late last night (~ midnight US ET) as well as just now.

Each time this happens makes me want to keep even less BTC with them (most is on my Ledger and Trezor).  Their convenience is top-notch.

Good News........ They are back.  Thank God!!!