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An Ethereum speed layer, explained.
Ethereum is secure but can get slow and expensive when busy. Base is a “rollup”: it does the heavy lifting off to the side, then files a compressed summary back to Ethereum. You keep Ethereum's security, at a fraction of the cost. Four ideas make that work.
What a rollup is
Base bundles many transactions, executes them off-chain, then posts the compressed batch to Ethereum. Many transactions, one L1 footprint.
Inherits Ethereum's security
Because the data and proofs live on Ethereum, Base doesn't run its own validator set, it borrows the security of the L1 beneath it.
Optimiztic + fault proofs
Batches are assumed valid, but anyone can challenge a bad one during a window. Permissionless fault proofs went live in 2024, so an honest result is the only one that stands.
Gas is paid in ETH
You spend ETH for fees, usually a cent or less. Base has no native token of its own, so there is no separate gas coin to acquire before you transact.
Execute off-chain
Base's sequencer orders your transaction and runs it in around two seconds on an OP Stack engine, so it feels quick and costs cents.
Batch & post to L1
Many transactions are compressed into a batch and written to Ethereum as blob data, where it is available for anyone to verify.
Settle & finalize
A challenge window lets watchers dispute any invalid batch with a fault proof. If unchallenged, the state is final and secured by Ethereum.
- Much lower fees than Ethereum L1
- Same wallets & tools, MetaMask, EVM
- Same security root, Ethereum L1
- Bridging back to L1 has a challenge delay
Think of Ethereum as the courthouse and Base as the fast lane: most activity happens on L2, but the final record and disputes live on L1. The sibling L2 Arbitrum works the same way.
A widely used Ethereum Layer 2.
Live, on-chain numbers that show how much real activity Base settles, usage, cost savings and security, not price.
Consistent activity. Base routinely settles a high volume of daily transactions, driven by consumer apps and DeFi onboarded through Coinbase's distribution.
Unique addresses transacting each day, 7-day average, a proxy for real users and apps.
What people build on it.
Base hosts a deep DeFi and consumer ecosystem, the same apps you know, running cheaper, plus a long tail of social and onchain apps onboarded through Coinbase. Here's the landscape.
DeFi & DEXes
Spot trading, lending and yield, Aerodrome, Morpho, Uniswap, Aave. Billions in total value locked.
Stablecoins
Native and bridged USDC and USDT make Base a low-cost hub for stablecoin payments and savings.
Consumer & social
Cheap, fast transactions suit social apps, mini-apps and onchain experiences that would be too expensive on L1.
Superchain
Base is part of the OP Stack Superchain, a group of L2s that share tooling and a common bridging standard.
Hold, swap and spend Base assets.
Base is fully integrated. Self-custody ETH and Base assets, pay cent-level fees in ETH, swap cross-chain with no separate bridge, and spend a subset through Zypto Pay.
Available in the Zypto App · ETH + popular Base assets
Gas on Base is paid in ETH. Live prices link to full price pages. Any asset in the Zypto App is held in self-custody, your keys, your coins.
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Accepted as Payment
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Swap & cross-chain
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From launch to mainstream L2.
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