The base of Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain in Coinbase ceased to produce blocks for 33 minutes Tuesday after having passed to a backup sequencer which was not configured correctly to treat transactions.
The incident started at 6:07 am UTC when the active sequencer began to delay block production, which invites the driver – the basic system to manage the availability and reliability of the sequencer – to change sequencers.
However, he went to a “Méténet Méméine sequencer” which was still implemented and could not produce blocks, the basic Build X account said on Tuesday in an article.
Basic designer Jesse Pollak said the main team had immediately answered the problem, the network completely recovered at 6:40 a.m. UTC. A little more time has been taken to guarantee a reorganization of the chain is not necessary, said base in its post-mortem.
The base is always very centralized
The incident exposes the dependence on the base on centralized sequencers to manage large -scale transactions. While several sequencers work, they are fully relying on driver’s management capacities – creating a single failure point that can stop the entire network.
The team behind Base, which currently guarantees more than $ 4.1 billion of total locked value, said that it would update its infrastructure to ensure that all cluster sequencers can assume block construction responsibilities if they are selected.
The only other major basic network breakdown took place on September 5, 2023 – shortly after its public launch – where block production was interrupted for 43 minutes.
Responsibility taken by the base chief
The manager of basic engineering, who passes “Aflock” on X, said that the base took the time of availability of the chain very seriously while adding that it cannot “fuel a global economy without a solid spine of a network”.
“Proud of the team for the quick response here and happy that we have found several ways to harden our systems in the future.”
Optimistic basis network position, apparently
Some cryptographic experts considered the basic breakdown as optimistic, including the former Coinbase engineer and the founder of Save Finance, 0xrooter, who said: “People only do stories on stoppages for channels with users.”
“Haussier stop time,” added the pseudonym developer.
The CEO of Helius Labs, Mert Mumtaz, compared the incident to Solana, another high -speed blockchain which has known its just part of network failures over the years.
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Despite the security challenges, Solana and the base remain among the most used blockchains for retail users, with the first and fourth most active addresses with 2.83 million and 1.09 million, respectively, show the Defillama data.
Solana is the second largest channel of TVL DEFI at 9.6 billion dollars, while Base is sixth.
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