Compare Solana and Base on TVL, fees, revenue and activity to understand how these projects stack up.
$4.871B
Solana combines Proof‑of‑History, Turbine block propagation and Gulf Stream forwarding to achieve throughput exceeding 50 000 TPS with 400 ms block times. The 2024 Firedancer client written in C++ reduced validator CPU requirements and added parallel pipeline execution. Solana Pay and the Saga phone SDK illustrate the project’s push toward consumer‑grade web3 applications.
Base is Coinbase's OP-Stack Layer-2 that offers EVM equivalence and native account abstraction. Sequencer revenue is shared back to the Optimism Collective, and Coinbase NFTs plus USDC flows bootstrap early liquidity. The July 2023 mainnet launch attracted projects like Friend.tech and Aerodrome, pushing Base TVL above $1 billion.