Base suffered an interruption that paralyzed network operations for almost 30 minutes

By Hannah Pérez

Base, the Blockchain layer 2 incubated by Coinbase, stopped its operations due to an incident on Tuesday morning. It is the second time that the network has been paralyzed since September 2023, shortly after its debut.

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• Base, the Blockchain layer 2 incubated by Coinbase, stopped its operations.
• An incident affected the network, interrupting block production for 29 minutes.
• The high activity and demand of the network could have contributed.
• It is the second time that base has been paralyzed since September 2023.

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The block chain Baseincubated by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbasesuffered an interruption of almost 30 minutes that completely paralyzed operations in the morning on Tuesday.

According to the official status website of the Network, Base First reported an incident at 06:15 UTC, when the chain experienced a delay, affecting deposits, withdrawals, block production and Flashblocks In the main network.

Launched last month in Basethe Flashblocks They are mini-blocks designed to accelerate transaction processing. Unlike traditional blocks, which group and confirm a set of transactions at once, Flashblocks They allow to confirm transactions almost instantaneously, with block times as low as 200 milliseconds.

The team responded at 06:43 UTC that was investigating the interruption and just a minute later informed that the problem had been identified and resolved. “Now we are monitoring to make sure that nothing else arises“They said at that time.

The incident was identified as a “Non -safe head delay”a term that refers to the waiting time before the most recent block (‘head’ or head) of a Blockchain and its definitive validation in the main chain. The block is not considered ‘safe’ until it is confirmed through the underlying chain (in this case, Ethereum).

“The incident has been resolved“, The team wrote at 9:17 UTC.

First interruption from 2023

While it is not clear what caused the problem, it could be related to the increase in the activity of Base During the last weeks. Base He has been receiving a greater number of users since the launch of the new homonymous application.

The relaunch of the app Base Last month he saw the incorporation of Zora and FARCASTER on the platform, which established a social economy and decentralized creators in the network. This led to an increase in activity, a dynamic that is reflected In the number of new releases of Tokenswhich during July went from only 6,649 the first day of the month to approximately 50,000 at the end of the month.

Base It is one Blockchain of layer 2 (L2) designed to improve the scalability and accessibility of Ethereum. Use roll technology of Optimism to process transactions outside the main chain, reducing costs and increasing speed, while maintaining the security of Ethereum. He officially launched his testnet in February 2023, with the Mainnet debuting on August 9.

From its introduction, Base has accumulated USD $ 4,200 million in total value blocked (TVL), according to data from Defillwhich also reflects its growth and current dominant role between L2 of Ethereum.

29 minutes interruption in Base Tuesday is the first to suffer that Blockchain Since September 2023, as you noticed COINDESK.

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Hannah Estefanía Pérez / Diariobitcoin

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