In 2022, the blockchain suffered from ten partial or full outages along with slow block times. Solana’s co-founder said it’s “not the experience that we want to deliver.”
According to the project, one of the pushes for its development was Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin encouraging developers to consider non-financial applications for DeFi.
Ethereum 2.0’s “many clients” approach is sometimes criticized for slowing down progress, but a Nimbus developer believes this will make the network more resilient.