Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 network Base restarted block production after an approximately two-hour outage caused by an invalid block. The incident marks another disruption for one of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks following a previous outage in August 2025.
The outage halted block production and transaction processing.
Base has resumed operations with nodes syncing.
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