Base Ditches Optimism Infrastructure for Independent Tech Stack
Base, a Coinbase-backed Ethereum Layer 2 network, has announced it is moving to an independent tech stack. The move will reduce its reliance on Optimism's OP Stack infrastructure that powered the blockchain since its launch in August 2023.
As part of this transition, Base is consolidating its codebase into a single repository built on open-source components, including Reth. This change aims to increase Base's hard fork schedule from three to six per year and make it more independent from external dependencies.
The Base Security Council will also add an independent signer to replace Optimism's position. Although Base currently holds $3.85 billion in total value locked, making it the largest blockchain in what was the OP Stack Superchain ecosystem, its OP token declined 4% following the announcement.