# Helium network team resolves consensus error after 4-hour outage
” Helium network team resolves consensus error after 4-hour outage “ The Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain Helium shut down for about 4 hours on July 11 due to validator outages from a software update, causing delayed transaction finality. During the outage, devices transferring data over the network were not affected, but miner rewards and…