Blast L2 goes offline, Ethereum claims portal open until Nov. 4, 2027
Tech & Launches ·
The layer-2 network has ceased operations and redirected remaining users to a one-year recovery process on Ethereum mainnet.
Blast's layer-2 chain stopped running on November 4, 2026, and the team behind it has pointed affected users toward a dedicated recovery page built on Ethereum, according to defiprime.com. That page is scheduled to stay live for a full year, with support ending on November 4, 2027, giving holders a finite window to retrieve what they're owed before the option disappears.
The recovery process is meant to catch several categories of stranded funds: balances sitting in L2 wallets, withdrawals that were initiated but never finished, and holdings tied to the Blast Mobile app. Eligible assets include ETH, WETH, and USDB, and claims are paid out through smart contracts deployed directly on Ethereum rather than through the original bridge infrastructure that Blast users relied on while the chain was active.
Mechanically, the tool starts with a simple address check — users plug in either the wallet that held funds on Blast or another wallet authorized to claim on its behalf, such as a Safe. Incomplete withdrawals are folded into this same lookup automatically, meaning anyone who began a transfer before the shutdown doesn't need a separate claim path. This marks a shift from Blast's prior bridge setup, which treated externally owned wallets and smart-contract wallets differently and required separate documentation for each.
Blast Mobile users face a distinct set of steps. Because the Mobile app's address doesn't exist on Ethereum, those users are instructed to import their Mobile seed phrase into a standard wallet application first, then connect that wallet to the recovery site — a reversal of earlier guidance that explicitly warned against moving the Mobile seed phrase into wallets like MetaMask. The resulting wallet address will differ from the original Blast Mobile address, which the recovery site's FAQ says is expected rather than an error.
A second account within the same cluster confirms the broad outline — a shutdown paired with a 12-month recovery window for ETH and USD-denominated holdings — though it adds no new figures beyond what defiprime.com has reported. What remains unclear is how many users still have unclaimed balances, what happens to funds left unclaimed after the November 2027 deadline, and whether any further communication will follow as the window narrows.