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Coinbase’s L2 Base Hits Impressive 400 TPS, Core Contributor Claims

A core contributor on Coinbase Ethereum layer-2 Base has hinted about an impressive throughput recently achieved on the network. According to Jesse Pollak, who is also the firm’s Head of Protocols, the Base network is conveniently seeing a throughput of between 300-400 transactions per second (TPS). He shared the update in a recent X post, albeit to the excitement of his over 98,000 followers on the platform.

Interestingly, however, Chainspect data showed a real-time TPS of 30.25 and a maximum recorded TPS of 292 as of publication.

Users Compare Base to Solana

Without a doubt, the Base network is currently doing an impressive amount of TPS. Layer-2 ecosystem analytics platform L2Beat even reported that Base’s average TPS peaked at 37 on April 8. That is way above double of Ethereum’s 14 TPS.

Base’s latest TPS figures have brought about an unavoidable comparison between its network and that of Solana. A keen observer, identified as Wazz, probed Pollak’s...