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Taiko block time

As of October 31, 2026, Taiko block time is 1.98 s at the median (p50, 24h window), with 2.82 s at p90 and 3.47 s at p99. Taiko ranks #7 of 9 chains measured on this benchmark.

Taiko block time is 1.98 s (p50, 24h). Taiko is a based rollup: there is no centralized sequencer; Ethereum L1 validators sequence Taiko blocks directly by including L2 proposals in L1 blocks, which means Taiko's effective slot is bounded below by Ethereum's 12 s slot. The architecture trades raw L2 cadence for inheriting Ethereum's liveness and censorship-resistance. Measured via `newHeads` on the public Taiko WebSocket.

How Taiko compares

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

  1. #1Robinhood Chain87 ms
  2. #2Arbitrum One337 ms
  3. #3Mantle1.84 s
  4. #4Optimism1.93 s
  5. #5Base1.93 s
  6. #6zkSync Era1.95 s
  7. #7Taiko1.98 s
  8. #8Scroll3.72 s
  9. #9Linea5.41 s

Methodology, charts and the full ledger live on the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 6 more page. Raw data: JSON endpoint.