Base Ditches Optimism Infrastructure for Independent Tech Stack
Base, a Coinbase-backed Ethereum (ETH) Layer 2 network, has announced that it is moving away from Optimism's OP Stack infrastructure. This change aims to reduce Base's reliance on external dependencies and increase its independence. The new unified stack, designated 'base/base,' will be built on open-source components, including Reth.
The transition is expected to allow Base to increase its hard fork schedule from three to six per year. Additionally, the Base Security Council is adding an independent signer to replace Optimism's position. This change has been met with a 4% decline in Optimism's OP token value over the past 24 hours.
Base currently holds $3.85 billion in total value locked, making it the largest blockchain within the OP Stack Superchain ecosystem. The network plans to transition from optimistic to TEE/ZK proofs in an upcoming hard fork and will continue supporting existing RPC endpoints, including those in the Optimism namespace.