# Base vs Starknet

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

| Metric                       | Base                | Starknet     |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------ |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 92.36 tx/s          | 0.85 tx/s    |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 2.51K tx/s          | 381.6 tx/s   |
| Theoretical TPS              | 3.57K tx/s          | 992 tx/s     |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 332K txns           | 3.08K txns   |
| Block Time (1H)              | 200ms               | 1.67s        |
| Finality Time                | 13m 13s             | 2h 13m       |
| Total Transactions           | 7.97B txns          | 322M txns    |
| Launch Date                  | Aug 9, 2023         | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 1            |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 1            |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | —            |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Rollup (ZK)  |
| Governance                   | Off-chain           | On-chain     |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $88.4K              | $905         |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0105             | $0.0106      |
| Price                        | —                   | $0.03718     |
| Market Cap                   | —                   | $285M        |
| FDV                          | —                   | $379M        |
| Market Cap / FDV             | —                   | 75.26%       |
| Developers                   | 1,470               | 397          |
| Commits                      | 23,866              | 17,571       |
| Repos                        | 78                  | 29           |
| Stars                        | 78,745              | 3,381        |

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