Base scores 18 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, censorship resistance, and track record. Base ranks #3 and Taiko Alethia #11 of 15 published L2 blockchains. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Base77
vs
Taiko Alethia59
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #3 and #11 of 15
Base scores 18 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, censorship resistance, and track record.
Base #3 of 1577
Taiko Alethia #11 of 1559
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 4 of 8 published criteria; Taiko Alethia on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermBaseTaiko AlethiaWeightPoints
Forced withdrawals10/100/104.3+11.2for Base+5.8 of 32
Censorship resistance10/105/102.9+3.7for Base+1.9 of 32
Track record6/104/102.4+1.2for Base+0.6 of 32
Rollup stage7/103/101.9+2.0for Base+1.0 of 32
Net of the terms+18.2
Reproduced gap+18.2
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7759+18.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
BaseScore 77Coinbase-built OP Stack rollup, EVM-equivalent, no native tokenStrength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Younger than the 2021-era rollups, so a shorter production track recordTaiko AlethiaScore 59ZK rollup with Ethereum-equivalent execution and data on Ethereum, at L2BEAT Stage 0Strength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Only whitelisted operators can propose blocks, with no permissionless fallback: if they stop, withdrawals freeze (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
Quick facts
At a glance
2 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactBaseTaiko Alethia
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
Security postureSnapshotOptimistic rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (EIP-4844 blobs).ZK rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (EIP-4844 blobs).
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Base
77#3 of 15
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Base if forced withdrawals matters most — it scores 10/10 to Taiko Alethia's 0/10 there (weight 18).
Strength
EVM equivalence — 10/10
Tradeoff
Younger than the 2021-era rollups, so a shorter production track record
Taiko Alethia
59#11 of 15
Pick it when
Taiko Alethia 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
EVM equivalence — 10/10
Tradeoff
Only whitelisted operators can propose blocks, with no permissionless fallback: if they stop, withdrawals freeze (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
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Which one is actually for you?
BaseLeads
Choose Base if forced withdrawals matters most
Forced withdrawals: 10/10 against 0/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 18)
Censorship resistance: 10/10 against 5/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 12)
Track record: 6/10 against 4/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 10)
BaseScore 77Coinbase-built OP Stack rollup, EVM-equivalent, no native tokenStrength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Younger than the 2021-era rollups, so a shorter production track record
Taiko Alethia
Taiko Alethia 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.
Taiko AlethiaScore 59ZK rollup with Ethereum-equivalent execution and data on Ethereum, at L2BEAT Stage 0Strength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Only whitelisted operators can propose blocks, with no permissionless fallback: if they stop, withdrawals freeze (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
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
weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Base10/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Track record
by 2 of 10weight 2.4 of 86Base leads
Base6/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia4/10 out of 10
Data on Ethereum
weight 3.4 of 86Tie
Base10/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Rollup stage
by 4 of 10weight 1.9 of 86Base leads
Base7/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia3/10 out of 10
Proof system
weight 4.3 of 86Tie
Base10/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Exit window
weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Base0/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia0/10 out of 10
Forced withdrawals
by 10 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Base leads
Base10/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia0/10 out of 10
Censorship resistance
by 5 of 10weight 2.9 of 86Base leads
Base10/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia5/10 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
Base14/20Taiko Alethia14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Base20.1/30Taiko Alethia13.1/30
Base leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Base2.7/10Taiko Alethia2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Base3.2/8Taiko Alethia3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Base5.5/18Taiko Alethia5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Base unless the term Taiko Alethia leads on is the one you are buying.
Taiko Alethia 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.
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Control failure: a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
Scored by Exit window before an upgrade · 10% (Base 0/10, Taiko Alethia 0/10)
Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
Scored by Ethereum data availability · 14% (Base 10/10, Taiko Alethia 10/10)
Scored by Proof system · 18% (Base 10/10, Taiko Alethia 10/10)
Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Withdrawals if the operator stops · 18% (Base 10/10, Taiko Alethia 0/10)
Scored by Transactions if the sequencer censors you · 12% (Base 10/10, Taiko Alethia 5/10)
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: EVM equivalence (10%), Maturity & track record (10%), Rollup stage (8%).
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Base scores 18 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, censorship resistance, and track record. Published scores, out of 100: Base 77 (rank 3 of 15 l2 blockchains), Taiko Alethia 59 (rank 11 of 15).
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