Base, Coinbase’s booming Layer 2 network, is on the cusp of achieving the coveted status of Stage 1 decentralization.

On Oct. 30, Base announced that fault proofs are now on Base mainnet, following more than three months of testnet vetting.

Fault proofs allow anyone to participate in validating or contesting transactions, unlocking permissionless state validation. Previously, only Base’s centralized proposer could submit the network’s state root to the Ethereum mainnet — a mechanism described by Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s chief scientist, as Stage 0 decentralization.

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