The Base Altcoin Network Was Down for Approximately Half an Hour
The network halted core functions such as block production, deposits, withdrawals, and flashblock operations for 29 minutes due to a technical malfunction that occurred at 09:15.
According to Base’s incident status page, the outage was caused by a technical issue called “unsafe head delay,” which disrupted the network’s ability to generate and confirm blocks.
The team announced the start of the response at 09:43. Just one minute later, they announced that the issue had been identified and resolved, and the network was back up and running. They also activated a monitoring mechanism to address potential new issues.
While brief, the outage is noteworthy given Base’s track record of uninterrupted service and its growing prominence in the Ethereum Layer-2 ecosystem. Since launch, Base has reached $4.2 billion in total value locked (TVL), $1.5 billion of which is tied to its lending protocol, Morpho, according to DeFiLlama data.
*This is not investment advice.
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