Coinbase's Base Network Experiences Multiple Outages Caused by Sequencer Bug
Coinbase's Base layer-2 network recently faced two service disruptions within a week, attributed by engineers to a flaw in its sequencer infrastructure. The bug led to a 'stale journal state' following an execution failure, halting network progress until manual intervention. These incidents underscore the inherent risks of single-sequencer rollups and the necessity for more resilient fault-tolerance mechanisms in blockchain systems.