Overview

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Base is a Layer 2 network that operates on top of Ethereum’s architecture. It is designed to be EVM equivalent and as close to Ethereum as possible. You can find a Base block explorer at: https://basescan.org/ The minor differences between building on Base and Ethereum are outlined in Base’s developer docs. Flashblocks support: Validation Cloud’s Base nodes support Flashblocks for Sepolia and Mainnet. For more information about which methods you can use Flashblocks with, see the extra documentation here: https://docs.base.org/base-chain/flashblocks/apps#eth-getblockbynumber

Network Support

Network	Full History / Archive	HTTPS	WSS	Flashblocks support
Mainnet	✅	✅	✅	✅
Testnet (Sepolia)	✅	✅	✅	✅

WebSocket clients MUST respond to server ping frames, otherwise the connection will be closed and re-established every minute.

Getting Started

Send a request to check that your endpoint works. Replace <YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> with the key from your endpoint in the Validation Cloud app.

curl https://mainnet.base.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":0}'

curl https://sepolia.base.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":0}'

Connect over WebSocket:

wscat -c wss://mainnet.base.validationcloud.io/v1/wss/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>

wscat -c wss://sepolia.base.validationcloud.io/v1/wss/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>

Compute Units

Method	Compute units
debug_traceBlockByHash	80
debug_traceBlockByNumber	80
debug_traceCall	80
debug_traceTransaction	80
eth_accounts	20
eth_blockNumber	20
eth_call	40
eth_createAccessList	20
eth_chainId	10
eth_estimateGas	40
eth_feeHistory	20
eth_gasPrice	40
eth_getBalance	40
eth_getBlockByHash	40
eth_getBlockByNumber	40
eth_getBlockReceipts	40
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash	40
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber	40
eth_getCode	40
eth_getFilterChanges	40
eth_getFilterLogs	40
eth_getLogs	80
eth_getProof	40
eth_getStorageAt	40
eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex	40
eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex	40
eth_getTransactionByHash	40
eth_getTransactionCount	40
eth_getTransactionReceipt	40
eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex	40
eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex	40
eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash	40
eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber	40
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	20
eth_newBlockFilter	40
eth_newFilter	40
eth_newPendingTransactionFilter	40
eth_sendRawTransaction	80
eth_simulateV1	40
eth_subscribe	20
eth_syncing	10
eth_uninstallFilter	20
eth_unsubscribe	20
net_listening	10
net_peerCount	20
net_version	10
trace_block	80
trace_call	80
trace_filter	80
trace_replayBlockTransactions	270
trace_replayTransaction	270
trace_transaction	80
web3_clientVersion	40
web3_sha3	40

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