Compare Base vs Waterfall

Base TPS is 85.44 tx/s, while Waterfall TPS is 0 tx/s

85.44 tx/s

0 tx/s

Base max TPS is 96.98% lower than Waterfall max TPS

2,515 tx/s

83,333 tx/s

Base max theoretical TPS is 91.43% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

3,571 tx/s

41,666 tx/s

Base transaction volume is 307K txns, while Waterfall transaction volume is 0 txns

307K txns

0 txns

Base block time is 200ms, while Waterfall block time is 0s

200ms

0s

Base finality is 33X longer than Waterfall finality

13m 13s

24s

Base has 232X more total transactions than Waterfall

7.91B txns

34.1M txns

Base was launched 11 months before Waterfall

Aug 9, 2023

Jul 17, 2024

Base Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Waterfall Nakamoto Coefficient

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Base has 75% fewer validators than Waterfall

1

4

Base and Waterfall have no data

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Base is Rollup (Optimistic), while Waterfall is PoS

Rollup (Optimistic)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Base off-chain governance is better than Waterfall council governance

Off-chain

Council

Base has 1.86X more developers than Waterfall

1,470

790

Base has 1.01X more commits than Waterfall

23,803

23,574

Base has 5.57X more repos than Waterfall

78

14

Base has 26,248X more stars than Waterfall

78,745

3

Base has 406X more watchers than Waterfall

811

2

Base on-chain revenue is $82.1K, while Waterfall has no data

$82.1K

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Base average transaction fee is $0.00906, while Waterfall has no data

$0.00906

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Base and Waterfall have no data

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Base and Waterfall have no data

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Base and Waterfall have no data

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Base and Waterfall have no data

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