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Base vs Blast Base leads by 30 points.

Base scores 30 points above Blast, led by proof system, forced withdrawals, and EVM equivalence. Base ranks #3 and Blast #13 of 15 published L2 blockchains. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

Base77
Blast47
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #3 and #13 of 15
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot Evidence verified through 8 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-BASE-VS-BLAST-4d5b6f97
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

Base leads by 30 points

Base scores 30 points above Blast, led by proof system, forced withdrawals, and EVM equivalence.

Base #3 of 1577
Blast #13 of 1547
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termBase leads on 5 of 8 published criteria; Blast on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermBaseBlastWeightPoints
Proof system10/100/104.3+11.2for Base+5.8 of 32
Forced withdrawals10/100/104.3+11.2for Base+5.8 of 32
EVM equivalence10/106/102.4+2.5for Base+1.3 of 32
Track record6/104/102.4+1.2for Base+0.6 of 32
Rollup stage7/100/101.9+3.5for Base+1.8 of 32
Net of the terms+29.7
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.2
Reproduced gap+29.9
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7747+30.0

Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.

Quick facts

At a glance

2 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactBaseBlast
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
Security postureSnapshotOptimistic rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (EIP-4844 blobs).No proof system; data availability: Ethereum L1 (blobs).
From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

Base

77#3 of 15
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Base if proof system matters most — it scores 10/10 to Blast's 0/10 there (weight 18).
Strength
EVM equivalence — 10/10
Tradeoff
Younger than the 2021-era rollups, so a shorter production track record

Blast

47#13 of 15
Pick it when
Blast leads Base on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
Strength
Ethereum data availability — 10/10
Tradeoff
EVM-compatible, not equivalent: Blast describes itself as "an EVM-compatible, optimistic rollup", and its Yield precompile sits at the address Ethereum now uses for P256 verification
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Which one is actually for you?

BaseLeads

Choose Base if proof system matters most

  • Proof system: 10/10 against 0/10 for Blast (weight 18)
  • Forced withdrawals: 10/10 against 0/10 for Blast (weight 18)
  • EVM equivalence: 10/10 against 6/10 for Blast (weight 10)
Blast

Blast leads Base on no published criterion

  • Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
Criterion by criterion

Scorecard

Published criteria · weight in points of 8616 of 16 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology

EVM equivalence

by 4 of 10weight 2.4 of 86Base leads
Base10 out of 10
Blast6 out of 10

Track record

by 2 of 10weight 2.4 of 86Base leads
Base6 out of 10
Blast4 out of 10

Data on Ethereum

weight 3.4 of 86Tie
Base10 out of 10
Blast10 out of 10

Rollup stage

by 7 of 10weight 1.9 of 86Base leads
Base7 out of 10
Blast0 out of 10

Proof system

by 10 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Base leads
Base10 out of 10
Blast0 out of 10

Exit window

weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Base0 out of 10
Blast0 out of 10

Forced withdrawals

by 10 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Base leads
Base10 out of 10
Blast0 out of 10

Censorship resistance

weight 2.9 of 86Tie
Base10 out of 10
Blast10 out of 10

Score dimensions

weights sum to 86

The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.

Availabilityweight 20 of 86 · constant here
Base14/20Blast14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Base20.1/30Blast8.6/30
Base leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Base2.7/10Blast2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Base3.2/8Blast3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Base5.5/18Blast5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order

Choose Base unless the term Blast leads on is the one you are buying.

Blast leads Base on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

From the published order

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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Control failure: a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
    Scored by Exit window before an upgrade · 10% (Base 0/10, Blast 0/10)
  • Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
    Scored by Ethereum data availability · 14% (Base 10/10, Blast 10/10)
    Scored by Proof system · 18% (Base 10/10, Blast 0/10)
  • Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
    Scored by Withdrawals if the operator stops · 18% (Base 10/10, Blast 0/10)
    Scored by Transactions if the sequencer censors you · 12% (Base 10/10, Blast 10/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Execution failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: EVM equivalence (10%), Maturity & track record (10%), Rollup stage (8%).
Questions

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Base scores 30 points above Blast, led by proof system, forced withdrawals, and EVM equivalence. Published scores, out of 100: Base 77 (rank 3 of 15 l2 blockchains), Blast 47 (rank 13 of 15).

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Reviewed Next review by Methodology v2026.10.18
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Reviewed means both products compared here was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.

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