# Base vs ICP

Side-by-side fundamentals for Base and ICP tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Base                | ICP                  |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 99.32 tx/s          | 5.54K tx/s           |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 2.51K tx/s          | 25.6K tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 3.57K tx/s          | 210K tx/s            |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 357K txns           | 19.9M txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 200ms               | 480ms                |
| Finality Time                | 13m 13s             | Instant              |
| Total Transactions           | 7.9B txns           | 313B txns            |
| Launch Date                  | Aug 9, 2023         | May 10, 2021         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 14                   |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 618                  |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | $632M                |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Proof of Useful Work |
| Governance                   | Off-chain           | On-chain             |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $167K               | $12.2K               |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0167             | $0.0₄254             |
| Price                        | —                   | $2.61                |
| Market Cap                   | —                   | $1.46B               |
| FDV                          | —                   | $1.46B               |
| Market Cap / FDV             | —                   | 100.00%              |
| Developers                   | 1,470               | 802                  |
| Commits                      | 23,765              | 122,788              |
| Repos                        | 78                  | 183                  |
| Stars                        | 78,738              | 8,540                |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/base-vs-icp