STEPN, after update, suffers DDoS attack, causing users to lose tokens and unable to play normally

After the update on the 19th, the "Stepn" game, which allows users to earn rewards while exercising, experienced a DDOS attack that caused server congestion, leading to many users being unable to play the game normally and even resulting in the loss of tokens in their wallets. However, the official statement mentioned that the functionality has now been restored, and users who suffered losses during this period can fill out a form to report the issues.

STEPN Wallet Token Loss and Network Congestion

1/ Shortly after the last update, our server has endured several DDOS attacks. The attacks have caused some network congestions, our dev team has fixed most of the issue and the server has resumed its normal function.

— STEPN | Public Beta Phase IV (@Stepnofficial) April 18, 2022

According to an announcement from STEPN's official Discord, if users experience token loss in their wallets, they can switch the wallet network from Solana to BNB chain within the game, then switch it back to Solana to recover the lost tokens. If the tokens are still not retrieved after this process, users can fill out a form to report the issue.

Long press on the Solana icon in the upper right corner to switch networks:

Furthermore, if users encounter network congestion, they can improve the situation by:

• Switching networks
• Turning on airplane mode for 1 minute and reconnecting
• Switching from 5G network to 4G network
• Using a VPN
• Rebooting the device

STEPN Version Update

After the recent version update, STEPN has added and modified various new features, including:

• Commenced a 7-day Easter event
• Support for BNB chain wallet
• Added GMT trading pair to the wallet
• Modified gem attributes
• Opening blind boxes now incurs a fee but reduces the opening time
• Transfers now require GST payment
• Upgrading to certain levels now requires GMT 5/10/20/29/30