Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBase
Leads$0.000235
- p99
- $0.00247
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 40,319
Cardano
Trails$0.0314
- p99
- $0.0325
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 40,319
Base vs Cardano
Base leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks, Cardano on 0. Base wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000235 vs $0.0314).
Base
Coinbase-operated optimistic rollup on the OP Stack. 2-second sequencer block time, shared bridge with Optimism via the OP Superchain, fastest-growing L2 by TVL since 2024.
Cardano
Ouroboros Praos PoS with 20-second slots and 1 block per 20 seconds on average. Probabilistic finality after about 2,160 blocks (k parameter).
Side by side measurements
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Cardano: which one is better?
Base and Cardano are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 l1 and l2 chains, Base or Cardano?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Base leads at $0.000235 versus Cardano at $0.0314. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Cardano comparison measured?
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
How this pair was selected
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.