Coinbase’s Base Bounces Back: Block Production Resumes After Brief Outage

Base is back online—no thanks to 'decentralized' infrastructure's occasional love affair with downtime.

The glitch that froze progress

Coinbase's Layer-2 solution went dark for a hot minute, halting transactions like a Wall Street trading halt—except without the SEC paperwork.

Fast recovery, faster skeptics

The network rebooted before most traders finished their coffee, proving crypto's resilience (or just how used to outages we've all become).

The irony of 'always-on' finance

Another day, another blockchain hiccup—but hey, at least traditional banks take weekends off when they crash.

Base’s network growth

The recent disruption occurred as Coinbase and Base continue to advance their development efforts.

The network has seen impressive growth over the past month, particularly following the launch of the Base App. This app has enhanced decentralized social and creator economy features by integrating platforms such as Zora and Farcaster.

This integration has driven a wave of new token launches and sparked increased network activity, allowing Base to flip solana in new token creation.

Additionally, the app introduced new features such as Base Account and Base Pay, offering simplified identity and payment solutions.

Speaking on these features, Youssef, the blockchain network Devrel, said:

“Base isn’t just trying to change the financial system – it’s trying to change the way we interface with the internet.”

Unsurprisingly, these features have helped it consistently outperform other Ethereum Layer 2 networks in daily transaction volumes, surpassing even networks like Arbitrum and Optimism.

According to L2Beats data, Base is the second-largest Ethereum LAYER 2 network in terms of value secured, with over $13 billion in total value locked.