Coinbase's Base blockchain resumes after two-hour outage disrupted network
Key takeaways
- Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 network Base resumed block production Thursday after a disruption of roughly two hours that halted the blockchain.
- In an update, the Base team said the chain has resumed working and internal nodes were syncing correctly, though it continues to investigate the root cause of the incident.
- The incident temporarily halted transaction processing on one of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks.
The team said an invalid block triggered an issue, and it continues to investigate the root cause while advising node operators to restart their nodes.The incident marks another disruption for Base following a previous outage in August 2025. Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 network Base resumed block production Thursday after a disruption of roughly two hours that halted the blockchain.
In an update, the Base team said the chain has resumed working and internal nodes were syncing correctly, though it continues to investigate the root cause of the incident. The team also advised ecosystem node operators to restart their Base nodes to restore synchronization.
The first public indication of problems came at 16:03 UTC, when Base reported that mainnet block production was "unhealthy." By 16:52 UTC, the team said it had identified a problem and was pursuing multiple remediation efforts.