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.

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)	✅	✅	✅	✅

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_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_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