# Optimism vs Base

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

| Metric                       | Optimism            | Base                |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 14.14 tx/s          | 134 tx/s            |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 295.7 tx/s          | 2.51K tx/s          |
| Theoretical TPS              | 714.3 tx/s          | 3.57K tx/s          |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 50.9K txns          | 482K txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 2s                  | 200ms               |
| Finality Time                | 16m 48s             | 13m 13s             |
| Total Transactions           | 1.44B txns          | 7.9B txns           |
| Launch Date                  | Dec 16, 2021        | Aug 9, 2023         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 1                   |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 1                   |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | —                   |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Rollup (Optimistic) |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | Off-chain           |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $2.69K              | $167K               |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.00218            | $0.0167             |
| Price                        | $0.1107             | —                   |
| Market Cap                   | $254M               | —                   |
| FDV                          | $475M               | —                   |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 53.34%              | —                   |
| Developers                   | 3,463               | 1,470               |
| Commits                      | 183,046             | 23,765              |
| Repos                        | 94                  | 78                  |
| Stars                        | 13,183              | 78,738              |

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