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Blast block time

As of June 17, 2026, Blast block time is 2.00 s at the median (p50, 24h window), with 2.21 s at p90 and 2.45 s at p99. Blast ranks #3 of 9 chains measured on this benchmark.

Blast block time is 2.00 s (p50, 24h). Blast is an OP Stack fork operated by the Blast team with the same 2 s sequencer default as Optimism and Base, layered with native yield on ETH and USDB deposits that auto-rebase against L1 staking and T-bill yields. Settlement is on Ethereum via blob calldata. Measured live by holding a `newHeads` WebSocket against the Blast sequencer RPC.

How Blast compares

Live p50 over the last 24 hours across every chain on this benchmark, ranked lowest first.

  1. #1Arbitrum One251 ms
  2. #2Base2.00 s
  3. #3Blast2.00 s
  4. #4Optimism2.00 s
  5. #5Mantle2.00 s
  6. #6Taiko2.17 s
  7. #7Linea3.83 s
  8. #8zkSync Era4.60 s
  9. #9Scroll8.22 s

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