Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 solution developed by Coinbase, experienced a 33-minute network disruption that halted block production on its Mainnet. The outage occurred on August 5, 2025, and was caused by unexpected on-chain congestion combined with an unprepared backup sequencer. While Base is designed with high availability in mind—featuring multiple sequencer instances managed by Conductor…
Base network released a detailed postmortem revealing that its August 5 outage lasted 33 minutes, not the initially reported 19 minutes, caused by a failed sequencer handover in the network’s high-availability cluster. The Coinbase-backed Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain experienced a block production halt from 6:07 UTC to 6:40 UTC when an automated system called Conductor…
Coinbase’s Base network experienced a 19-minute block production halt on August 5, with the latest block remaining at height 33,792,704 before resuming normal operations. The Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain reported the issue at 6:15 UTC and confirmed resolution by 6:44 UTC according to its official status page, marking the network’s first significant outage. Source: Base…
Rollups have been the go-to solution for scaling blockchains while being able to maintain the security properties and credible neutrality that blockchains like Ethereum, have really come to known for. In this episode, Andrew Huang (Founder, Conduit) shares some core insights with Brian Alapatt (Senior Solutions Architect, Chainalysis) about various crypto applications leveraging rollups to…