Did Eth have the kind of network problems at the beginning of development that happened to Solana and Harmony?
I have no experience with Solana and Harmony, but decentralized systems based on the blockchain such as Ethereum will never shut down, but rather the chain dies, and it may be for several reasons:
- A fundamental bug in the codes.
- Non-continuity of network use.
- Absence of transaction validation elements such as minners in POW and activates validators in POS.
- HardForks.
Other than that, the term "network shut down" is related to central networks.