Compare Base vs Waterfall

Base TPS is 323X higher than Waterfall TPS

98.5 tx/s

0.3 tx/s

Base max TPS is 92.24% lower than Waterfall max TPS

2,515 tx/s

32,434 tx/s

Base max theoretical TPS is 91.42% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

3,571 tx/s

41,666 tx/s

Base transaction volume is 324X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

354K txns

1.1K txns

Base block time is 42.32% shorter than Waterfall block time

2s

3.47s

Base finality is 33X longer than Waterfall finality

13m 13s

24s

Base has 236X more total transactions than Waterfall

7.38B txns

31.3M 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 1.88X more developers than Waterfall

1,491

791

Base has 1.16% fewer commits than Waterfall

23,265

23,540

Base has 5.64X more repos than Waterfall

79

14

Base has 26,352X more stars than Waterfall

79,056

3

Base has 416X more watchers than Waterfall

832

2

Base on-chain revenue is $92.38K, while Waterfall has no data

$92.38K

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Base average transaction fee is $0.009935, while Waterfall has no data

$0.009935

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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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