Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said that he had not yet confirmed whether or not the assets were truly lost, but noted that the RPC — a node that runs key blockchain client software — was “dead” and described the block explorer as “awful.”Cointelegraph confirmed, using the Shibarium Scan block explorer, that the last block was added 7 hours ago. A number of preceding blocks had been mined but were still awaiting import at the time of publication. The last block on the Shibarium was mined 7 hours ago. Source: ShibariumScanRelated: Binance approves Shiba Inu as collateral assetAnother screenshot allegedly showed one Shibarium user coming up against technical issue with the block scanner, saying that they were unable to query their bridged balance over the RPC. but wait there’s more! pic.twitter.com/EkhLuGTT7S— ʎppɐꓷ ɯooɹɥS (@shroom_daddy) August 16, 2023
The Shibarium RPC website is down at the time of writing. Members of the community believe this could indicate a flawed bridge, with the total sum of locked funds amounting to nearly $2.46 million — comprised of $1.7 million worth of Ether (ETH) and an additional $762,000 worth of Shibarium’s governance token BONE.Magazine: Experts want to give AI human ‘souls’ so they don’t kill us all