Why is the Ethereum network so slow now??? - Answer here

[francojon]

This is an entry about it
https://tinybowl.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/when-kitties-jamm-ethereum-network.html

The main offender is Cryptokitties, with 15% of the total transactions, but the two next consumer contracts are also Cryptokitties related, so actually is probably consuming 30% of the ethereum network processing capacity.

Clear proof of an imediate need to implement scaling solutions to ethereum such as Plasma and Raiden or it will die of success.

[triciaa478]

The slow of Ethereum network is a test for Ether to prove is the next to bitcoins, with such abysmal performance, investors and traders will think twice of using Ethereum.

[Gloria_16]

I'm generally disappointed, the etherium has always been very comfortable, unlike bitcoin, but now due to the loads it's all quite bad

[francojon]

I'm generally disappointed, the etherium has always been very comfortable, unlike bitcoin, but now due to the loads it's all quite bad

Quite expensive transactions too

[MakersONE]

At first I did not understand what kind of kittens everyone was talking about. Only a week later I realized that something was wrong. Kittens really heavily loaded the network. But now the boom has passed and the load has fallen, but it's still at a high level.

[crimsongoth]

I think gwei fees sometimes reach incredible numbers is the main reason for the slowness. If you control the Ethgastation, you will sometimes face that the minimum safe threshold exceeds 40 gwei. When you try to    make transaction in blockchain with low gwei, the transfer process is delayed. What is more, there is a game called cryptokitties that causes excessive swelling in ETH network. As soon as possible, the update is inevitable for the ETH network.

[noloco]

If kitties are paying transaction fees, they are the ones paying for the network, simply supply and demand.

[rouhaud]

I think gwei fees sometimes reach incredible numbers is the main reason for the slowness. If you control the Ethgastation, you will sometimes face that the minimum safe threshold exceeds 40 gwei. When you try to process with low GWei the transfer process is delayed. There is a game called cryptokitties that causes excessive swelling. As soon as an update is a must for the ETH network.

the slow number of tx on ETH was already a problem 6 month ago during quick ICO transaction.
ANd now a Kitties GAME... Vitalik as to find a trick to correct that probleme and soon, Tx demand will continue to grow exponentialyas soon as Big project will release their product on the network

[alt-fire]

Etherium it's time to prove that it's not in vain for 700 bucks!
I can not send coins to the exchange because of the congestion of the network.

[abvhiael]

This is an entry about it
https://tinybowl.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/when-kitties-jamm-ethereum-network.html

The main offender is Cryptokitties, with 15% of the total transactions, but the two next consumer contracts are also Cryptokitties related, so actually is probably consuming 30% of the ethereum network processing capacity.

Clear proof of an imediate need to implement scaling solutions to ethereum such as Plasma and Raiden or it will die of success.

that so called cats or kittens game has became so ridiculous ether delta has became useless to trade with i am making purchases and nothing happened no transaction were made.

[yunuzov]

Ethereum network failed us all . So many people had big issues making transactions. Tho this doesn’t mean ethereum lost it’s importance for the crypto. We need to wait and see how they deal with it and will the network fail again in the similar situation.

[EcoChavCrypto]

Why it has failed all of us? It happened maybe a week ago, or less.

Ethereum network failed us all .

Are you updated about what is happening on the network? or you are just posting whatever that comes to your mind? I told you that it happened a week ago, and you are talking like if it is happning right now.

Tho this doesn’t mean ethereum lost it’s importance for the crypto. We need to wait and see how they deal with it and will the network fail again in the similar situation.

It was because of cryptokitties, and the network is fine at the moment. I sent 1 eth and it got confirmed in 3 minutes

[bitcointarget]

Why it has failed all of us? It happened maybe a week ago, or less.

Ethereum network failed us all .

Are you updated about what is happening on the network? or you are just posting whatever that comes to your mind? I told you that it happened a week ago, and you are talking like if it is happning right now.

Tho this doesn’t mean ethereum lost it’s importance for the crypto. We need to wait and see how they deal with it and will the network fail again in the similar situation.

It was because of cryptokitties, and the network is fine at the moment. I sent 1 eth and it got confirmed in 3 minutes

You can send eth and it can get confirmed in 3 minutes, but how much you paid as fee? With extreme fees, I can make my bitcoin transfer to get confirmed in minutes too. The idea is being fast even with small fees.

[setifien19]

As I heard, the problem ( caused by kittens game which does use Eth blockchain ) was fixed , wasn't it ?
Maybe this is an issue related to the pump in its price recently

[ggg123]

Those cryptokitties somehow affect the ether network and gas price. I think ethereum deserves better so i'm a bit disappointed. Anyways i'm not sure if it's fixed yet or not...

[rouhaud]

Those cryptokitties somehow affect the ether network and gas price. I think ethereum deserves better so i'm a bit disappointed. Anyways i'm not sure if it's fixed yet or not...

it will take times to be fixed, number of Tx can't be changed like that, it's like for bitcoin, it need to have a concensus. until that it will be worst as project start to use the network on a daily basis.

[turneps]

Without going into the topic and not reading it, I already guessed that the reason for all these are damn cats. Yes, this is a serious problem now and it will be further, because cats tend to breed. I hope ether network developers will cope with this

[lobo13hf]

Those cryptokitties somehow affect the ether network and gas price. I think ethereum deserves better so i'm a bit disappointed. Anyways i'm not sure if it's fixed yet or not...

it will take times to be fixed, number of Tx can't be changed like that, it's like for bitcoin, it need to have a concensus. until that it will be worst as project start to use the network on a daily basis.

It takes another hardfork to be fixed. Remember the bitcoin community consensus just not work right now. How the majority of bitcoin forks was coming without the community agreement just like a consensus.
The next ethereum hardfork already planned at Q1 of 2018. It will become another good update about Pos casper and the blockchain improvement.

[limmousine]

But now the network has stabilized and the number of pending transactions has been reduced. I hope this problem of cryptokitties has been completed and no more cryptokitties will appear.

[pageraji]

now i think its normal when you pay more GAS, i have same problem since 6 december, a lot of transaction pending, with 40-60 gwei its solved.