Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBase
Trails17.5 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 14provisional
Ink
Leads7.50 s
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 31provisional
VAA finalization
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Base vs Ink
Base leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks, Ink on 1. Base wins on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (20.2 min vs 24.6 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (36.68 s vs 56.25 s), Bridged TVL by chain ($7.80B vs $369.36M). Ink wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (7.50 s vs 17.5 min). Data as of 2026-10-24 UTC.
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.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Leads20.2 min
- p99
- 36.4 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 273
Ink
Trails24.6 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 40provisional
CCIP delivery
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Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads36.68 s
- p99
- 2.7 min
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 1,381
Ink
Trails56.25 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 7provisional
LayerZero delivery
Basen/aInkn/a
Bridged TVL by chain: how much of a chain's capital came from somewhere else
Blockchains| Provider | Bridged TVL | Bridged share | 7d change | 7d vs peers | Native | Canonical | External |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | $7.80B | 52.1% | - | 0.16% | $7.18B | $2.75B | $5.05B |
| Ink | $369.36M | 100.0% | - | 0.30% | - | $54.42M | $314.94M |
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Bridged TVL is value secured by the chain's bridge, not value locked in its DeFi protocols; a chain can rank high on one and low on the other. The split is L2Beat's: canonical is escrowed on the host chain by the chain's own contracts, external came through a third-party bridge, native was minted here. Rows are the chains L2Beat tracks in its scaling summary; a settled L1 has no row by construction, not by omission. Size is not quality: a large balance says capital came, not that it stayed.
Stablecoin flow by chain: where dollars actually moved over 30 days
Blockchains| Provider | 30d change | Stablecoin float | Net 7d | 7d change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 2.47% | $5.09B | - | - |
| Ink | - | $150.79M | - | - |
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Stablecoin float is where dollars are parked, not what they do. A chain can take in a billion that sits idle, and lose float to a single issuer redeeming. The figure is DefiLlama's chain-wide pegged-USD aggregate, every issuer combined; it does not separate a bridge inflow from a native mint, and a dollar bridged to an L2 counts on both chains, so rows are not additive. Read the net dollars with the percentage beside them: the same $400M is a rounding error on Ethereum and a doubling elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Ink: which one is better?
Base and Ink are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency. Ink leads on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on ccip delivery, Base or Ink?
On the Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency benchmark, Base leads at 20.2 min versus Ink at 24.6 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on vaa finalization, Base or Ink?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Ink leads at 7.50 s (provisional) versus Base at 17.5 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Ink 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.
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