Compare Base vs Bitcoin

Base TPS is 12X higher than Bitcoin TPS

71.79 tx/s

6.01 tx/s

Base max TPS is 187X higher than Bitcoin max TPS

2,515 tx/s

13.48 tx/s

Base max theoretical TPS is 510X higher than Bitcoin max theoretical TPS

3,571 tx/s

7 tx/s

Base transaction volume is 37X higher than Bitcoin transaction volume

258K txns

6.92K txns

Base block time is 99.65% shorter than Bitcoin block time

2s

9m 36s

Base finality is 77.97% shorter than Bitcoin finality

13m 13s

1h

Base has 5.36X more total transactions than Bitcoin

7.86B txns

1.47B txns

Base was launched 15 years after Bitcoin

Aug 9, 2023

Jan 3, 2009

Base Nakamoto Coefficient is 66.67% lower than Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

1

3

Base has 99.41% fewer validators than Bitcoin has miners

1

170

Base has no data, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.15K EH/s

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1.15K EH/s

Base is Rollup (Optimistic), while Bitcoin is PoW

Rollup (Optimistic)

Proof of Work (PoW)

Base and Bitcoin governance are both off-chain

Off-chain

Off-chain

Base has 28.43% fewer developers than Bitcoin

1,470

2,054

Base has 81.52% fewer commits than Bitcoin

23,726

128,376

Base has 3.39X more repos than Bitcoin

78

23

Base has 27.6% fewer stars than Bitcoin

78,738

108,755

Base has 85.4% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

811

5,554

Base on-chain revenue is 75.64% lower than Bitcoin on-chain revenue

$41.1K

$169K

Base average transaction fee is 97.04% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

$0.00685

$0.231

Base has no data, while Bitcoin market cap is $1.56T

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$1.56T

Base has no data, while Bitcoin FDV is $1.63T

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$1.63T

Base has no data, while Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio is 95.74%

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95.74%

Base has no data, while Bitcoin price is $77,565.40

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$77,565.40