Coinbase-Backed Ethereum L2 Base Recovers After Two-Hour Block Production Halt

Ethereum layer-2 network Base halted block production for over two hours due to a consensus issue. The network recovered and is proceeding with its planned Beryl hardfork upgrade.

• Base mainnet halted block production for over two hours on Thursday due to a consensus problem with an invalid block.
• The team isolated the issue and restarted nodes; all funds remained secure throughout the outage.
• The network is still proceeding with its Beryl hardfork upgrade, which will introduce a new stablecoin token standard.
• This is Base's first block production outage in 90 days, though it experienced withdrawal delays in May.
• Coinbase incubated Base, which is one of the largest Ethereum layer-2 networks.

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Last updated 26 Jun 2026