# Base vs Stellar

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

| Metric                       | Base                | Stellar                    |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 58.39 tx/s          | 115.8 tx/s                 |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 2.51K tx/s          | 218.1 tx/s                 |
| Theoretical TPS              | 3.57K tx/s          | 3.35K tx/s                 |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 210K txns           | 416K txns                  |
| Block Time (1H)              | 200ms               | 4.99s                      |
| Finality Time                | 13m 13s             | Instant                    |
| Total Transactions           | 7.92B txns          | 25B txns                   |
| Launch Date                  | Aug 9, 2023         | Sep 30, 2015               |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 4                          |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 103                        |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | —                          |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Stellar Consensus Protocol |
| Governance                   | Off-chain           | On-chain                   |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $82.1K              | $603                       |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.00906            | $0.0₄545                   |
| Price                        | —                   | $0.1528                    |
| Market Cap                   | —                   | $5.41B                     |
| FDV                          | —                   | $7.64B                     |
| Market Cap / FDV             | —                   | 70.73%                     |
| Developers                   | 1,470               | 768                        |
| Commits                      | 23,803              | 70,821                     |
| Repos                        | 78                  | 132                        |
| Stars                        | 78,745              | 11,165                     |

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