Overview

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.

The minor differences between building on Base and Ethereum are outlined in Base's developer docs.

Network Support

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

Methods & 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_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_subscribe	20
eth_syncing	10
eth_uninstallFilter	20
eth_unsubscribe	20
net_listening	10
net_peerCount	20
net_version	10
web3_clientVersion	20
web3_sha3	20