Compare Base vs ICP
Base vs ICP Scalability
Real-time TPS (1H)
Base TPS is 83.4% lower than ICP TPS
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Max TPS (100 blocks)
Base max TPS is 95.05% lower than ICP max TPS
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Max Theoretical TPS
Base max theoretical TPS is 98.29% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS
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Transaction Volume (1H)
Base transaction volume is 83.4% lower than ICP transaction volume
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Block Time (1H)
Base block time is 4.17X longer than ICP block time
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Finality
Base finality is 100% longer than ICP finality
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Type
Base is a layer 2 blockchain, while ICP is a layer 1 blockchain
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Total Transactions
Base has 98.31% fewer total transactions than ICP
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Launch Date
Base was launched 2 years after ICP
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Base vs ICP Decentralization
Nakamoto Coefficient
Base Nakamoto Coefficient is 92.85% lower than ICP Nakamoto Coefficient
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Validators
Base has 99.85% fewer validators than ICP
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Stake
Base has no data, while ICP stake is $1.3B
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Consensus Mechanism
Base is Rollup (Optimistic), while ICP is Proof of Useful Work
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Governance
Base off-chain governance is worse than ICP on-chain governance
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Base vs ICP Developer Activity
Developers
Base has 10.36% fewer developers than ICP
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Repos
Base has 68.68% fewer repos than ICP
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Commits
Base has 91.75% fewer commits than ICP
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Stars
Base has 8.26X more stars than ICP
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Watchers
Base has 63.12% fewer watchers than ICP
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Base vs ICP Financials New
Chain Revenue
Base chain revenue is 13X higher than ICP chain revenue
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Average Transaction Fee
Base average transaction fee is 72X higher than ICP average transaction fee
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Price
Base has no data, while ICP price is $5.451
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Market Cap
Base has no data, while ICP market cap is $2.947B
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About Blockchains
About Base
Base, an Ethereum-based blockchain developed by Coinbase, operates as a Layer 2 (L2) network, leveraging Optimism to provide a secure, cost-effective, and user-friendly environment for decentralized application (dApp) development. With a mission to onboard the next billion users to web3, Base ensures near-zero fees, quick transactions, and robust security supported by Ethereum's infrastructure. At its launch, Base had over 100 dApps and service providers, aiming to solve the blockchain trilemma by prioritizing interoperability and composability among participating rollups. This approach enhances scalability while preserving security and decentralization.
About ICP
The Internet Computer is a decentralized cloud blockchain that pursues the $1+ trillion cloud market — hosting apps, websites and enterprise systems, fully onchain, where they benefit from extraordinary security and resilience, can do multi-chain token processing, and can be administered in a decentralized way for safety.
A core purpose is “self-writing cloud”, where AI creates apps for mass market users, which are sophisticated and secure, in response to instructions they provide over chat.
The ICP token is burned powering onchain apps, and is a cryptocurrency used in network governance staking.
It’s easy to try — use AI to create onchain apps (e.g. caffeine.ai) or use an online IDE to write serverless code yourself (e.g. icp.ninja)!