Compare Base vs Bitcoin

Base TPS is 3.6X higher than Bitcoin TPS

78.2 tx/s

21.73 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 3.9X higher than Bitcoin transaction volume

281K txns

72.1K txns

Base block time is 99.21% shorter than Bitcoin block time

2s

4m 15s

Base finality is 77.97% shorter than Bitcoin finality

13m 13s

1h

Base has 5.29X more total transactions than Bitcoin

7.69B txns

1.45B txns

Base was launched 15 years after Bitcoin

Aug 9, 2023

Jan 3, 2009

Base Nakamoto Coefficient is 66.66% lower than Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

1

3

Base has 99.37% fewer validators than Bitcoin has miners

1

160

Base has no data, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.25K EH/s

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1.25K 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 26.6% fewer developers than Bitcoin

1,501

2,045

Base has 81.29% fewer commits than Bitcoin

23,838

127,418

Base has 3.43X more repos than Bitcoin

79

23

Base has 27.07% fewer stars than Bitcoin

79,087

108,452

Base has 84.93% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

839

5,568

Base on-chain revenue is 71.87% lower than Bitcoin on-chain revenue

$55.53K

$197.4K

Base average transaction fee is 96.41% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

$0.008779

$0.2448

Base has no data, while Bitcoin market cap is $1.68T

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$1.68T

Base has no data, while Bitcoin FDV is $1.756T

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$1.756T

Base has no data, while Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio is 95.70%

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95.70%

Base has no data, while Bitcoin price is $83,600

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$83,600