Base Blockchain Experiences Two-Hour Outage Due to Consensus Failure

Base, the blockchain developed by Coinbase, experienced an outage that lasted nearly two hours due to a consensus failure. The issue prevented block production and caused unhealthy block creation, as reported on Base's status page.

The network was able to recover after identifying the problem, which involved invalid block sequencing. Once resolved, blocks were being produced normally, and the ecosystem had synced again. Base confirmed that funds on the network were safe throughout the incident.

Base is one of the most widely used Ethereum layer-2 networks, making this outage notable for users and operators who rely on it for time-sensitive transactions and on-chain application workflows.