Coinbase-Backed Ethereum Network Base Recovers After Block Production Issue
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Base, the Ethereum layer-2 network incubated by crypto exchange Coinbase, was down for more than two hours on Thursday due to an issue that affected block production.
Key facts
- Base Mainnet is currently halted while the team works on an issue with block production,” the network posted on X around 12:20 p.m
- Thursday’s outage is the first block production and deposit issue on the network’s mainnet in the last 90 days, according to its status page
- Earlier this year, layer-1 network Sui suffered an outage on three consecutive days following gas and validator bugs on its mainnet
- Base, the Ethereum layer-2 network incubated by crypto exchange Coinbase, was down for more than two hours on Thursday due to an issue that affected block production
Summary
Base was down for more than two hours on Thursday after an issue arose that halted block production. The network is back up and running, and the network is still moving forward with a planned upgrade. Last month, the network had a partial outage that affected withdrawals. The issue first arose around noon ET on Thursday and came hours before the network had a scheduled upgrade, according to the network’s status page.