The atherium layer -2 blockchain base of the coinbase stopped production of blocks for 33 minutes on Tuesday after switching to a backup sequencer, which was not set properly to process the transaction.
The incident started from UTC at 6:07 am when active sequencer began falling back on block production, indicating the conductor – the sequencer system of the base for managing the availability and reliability – to switch to the sequencer.
However, it was switched to a “unhealthy mannet sequencer” that was still being established and thus the block, base build was not able to produce X account Said In a post on Tuesday.
Base manufacturer Jessie Pool Said The core team immediately responded to the issue, the network was completely fixed to UTC at 6:40 am. A little more time was taken to ensure that a chain reorganization was not required, the basis Said In its post -mortem.
Aadhaar is still highly centralized
This phenomenon highlights the dependence of the base on centralized sequences to handle the scale transactions. While many sequences run, they fully rely on the management capabilities of the conductor – creating a single point of failure that can stop the entire network.
Team behind the base, which is currently Security More than $ 4.1 billion of the total value, said it would update its infrastructure to ensure that all sequencers in the cluster can handle block-billing responsibilities when selected.
Only the other major network outage of the base took place on September 5, 2023 – immediately after its public launch – where the block production was stopped for 43 minutes.
Accountability taken by Aadhaar leader
The base engineering of the base, which goes by “Aflock” on X, Said This base takes the chain uptime saying that it cannot give strength to a global economy without a solid spine of the network. “
“The team is proud of quick response here and glad we have discovered many ways to pursue our system.”
Base Network Outgery Ballish, apparently
Some crypto pundits saw the base outage as fast, including former coinbase engineer and Save Finance Founder, 0xrooter, who Said: “People only make a disturbance about downtime for chains with real users.”
“Bulish downtime,” said the Pseudo -name developer.
Helius Labs CEO Mart Mumtaz Compare The incident of Solana, another high -speed blockchain, which had the appropriate part of the network outage over the last few years.
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Despite safety challenges, Solana and base are one of the most used blockchain for retail users, claiming the first and fourth most active addresses in 2.83 million and 1.09 million respectively, Difilama data Show.
Solana is the second largest range of $ 9.6 billion by DEFI TVL, while the base ranks sixth.
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