Base Outage Exposes Critical Decentralization Weaknesses, Particularly Its Reliance on a Centralized Sequencer

Base, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, experienced a 33-minute outage due to a faulty sequencer and an improperly configured backup system. The issue began at 6:07 AM UTC yesterday, the active sequencer lagged in block production, prompting Conductor, Base’s sequencer management system, to switch to a backup sequencer that was not fully set up, halting block […] The post Base Outage Exposes Critical Decentralization Weaknesses, Particularly Its Reliance on a Centralized Sequencer appeared first on Tekedia.

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Base Outage Exposes Critical Decentralization Weaknesses, Particularly Its Reliance on a Centralized Sequencer

Base, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, experienced a 33-minute outage due to a faulty sequencer and an improperly configured backup system. The issue began at 6:07 AM UTC yesterday, the active sequencer lagged in block production, prompting Conductor, Base’s sequencer management system, to switch to a backup sequencer that was not fully set up, halting block […]

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