The recently launch Coinbase layer-2 network Base has suffered its first major outage lasting just under two hours.
At 21:36 UTC the tracker reported that it was investigating a stall in the production of blocks.before adding that it was actively investigating the issue.
Around 20 minutes later it had identified the issue and started applying a bug fix. By 22:09 UTC it stated, “We have deployed a fix and are starting to see recovery of block production and gossip.” Gossip refers to node-to-node exchanges of state information.However, there were lingering issues with remote procedure calls on mainnet. By 23:06 UTC, 1.5 hours after the initial outage, the team reported “We have verified recovery of network health and RPC APIs.”“Earlier today we had a delay in block production due in part to our internal infrastructure requiring a refresh.
Head of research at crypto analytics firm Collective Shift, Matt Willemsen, pointed out that using Ethereum layer-2 networks is not the same as using Ethereum mainnet, “which is more battle-tested and involves fewer trust assumptions.”, Base was touted as another ‘Ethereum killer.’ It has seen its first outage and, just like Solana, it is unlikely to be the last.
Coinbase’s Base chain just had its first major outage, lasting for 43 minutes. Blocks have just started to be produced again.
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