Base, Coinbase's $BNB
Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, recently experienced a 33-minute🐯🐯 outage due to a faulty sequencer that wasn't properly set up to process transactions.
The incident occurred on August 5, 2025, when the active sequencer 🍉🥑started falling behind in block production,
prompting the system to switch to a backup sequencer.🍎🍇 However, the backup sequencer was still being configured and couldn't produce blocks, resulting in a temporary halt in block production.
Key Details:
Outage Duration: 33 minutes, from 6:07 am UTC to 6:40 am UTC🐽🐽
Cause: Faulty backup 🍓🍓sequencer not properly configured
Impact: Block production was halted, but no chain reorganization was required
Fix: The team updated their infrastructure to ensure all sequencers can handle block-building responsibilities
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What are Sequencers?
Sequencers play🥦🥦 a crucial role in layer-2 blockchain protocols like Base, organizing transactions and ensuring they're processed in the correct order. 😎
They work by batching transactions and submitting them to the Ethereum blockchain. In Base's case, the sequencer
failure highlighted the centralized nature of their infrastructure, creating a single point of failure
Base's Response
The team behind Base, led by Jesse Pollak, responded quickly to the issue and implemented fixes to prevent similar incidents.
Base's head of engineering, "aflock," emphasized the importance of network uptime and expressed pride in the team's swift response.
Some crypto pundits🍒🍒🍒🍒 even viewed the outage as a sign of growing adoption, comparing it to Solana's experiences with network outages 🍊🍉🍊🍑#TokenizedUSStocks