Compare Base vs Optimism

Base TPS is 5.45X higher than Optimism TPS

82.95 tx/s

15.21 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 5.45X higher than Optimism transaction volume

298K txns

54.7K 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 5.47X more total transactions than Optimism

7.12B txns

1.3B 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

1,488

3,447

Base has 87.54% fewer commits than Optimism

22,692

182,243

Base has 21.87% fewer repos than Optimism

75

96

Base has 5.99X more stars than Optimism

79,030

13,198

Base has 1.01X more watchers than Optimism

821

813

Base on-chain revenue is 48X higher than Optimism on-chain revenue

$55.49K

$1.157K

Base average transaction fee is 9.8X higher than Optimism average transaction fee

$0.006389

$0.0006518

Base has no data, while Optimism market cap is $209.4M

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$209.4M

Base has no data, while Optimism FDV is $393M

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$393M

Base has no data, while Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio is 53.27%

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53.27%

Base has no data, while Optimism price is $0.09151

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$0.09151