Compare Base vs Optimism

Base TPS is 4.85X higher than Optimism TPS

130.4 tx/s

26.87 tx/s

Base max TPS is 8.5X higher than Optimism max TPS

2,515 tx/s

295.7 tx/s

Base max theoretical TPS is 5X higher than Optimism max theoretical TPS

3,571 tx/s

714.3 tx/s

Base transaction volume is 4.85X higher than Optimism transaction volume

469K txns

96.7K txns

Base block time is the same as Optimism block time

2s

2s

Base finality is 21.32% shorter than Optimism finality

13m 13s

16m 48s

Base has 5.48X more total transactions than Optimism

7.51B txns

1.37B txns

Base was launched 2 years after Optimism

Aug 9, 2023

Dec 16, 2021

Base Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient

1

1

Base and Optimism have the same amount of validators

1

1

Base and Optimism have no data

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Base and Optimism are both Rollup (Optimistic)

Rollup (Optimistic)

Rollup (Optimistic)

Base off-chain governance is worse than Optimism on-chain governance

Off-chain

On-chain

Base has 56.83% fewer developers than Optimism

1,490

3,452

Base has 87.13% fewer commits than Optimism

23,473

182,454

Base has 15.95% fewer repos than Optimism

79

94

Base has 6.01X more stars than Optimism

79,076

13,161

Base has 1.08X more watchers than Optimism

834

772

Base on-chain revenue is 36X higher than Optimism on-chain revenue

$80.22K

$2.245K

Base average transaction fee is 7.11X higher than Optimism average transaction fee

$0.009533

$0.001341

Base has no data, while Optimism market cap is $289M

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$289M

Base has no data, while Optimism FDV is $539.7M

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$539.7M

Base has no data, while Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio is 53.54%

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53.54%

Base has no data, while Optimism price is $0.1257

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$0.1257