Base Now Makes a Block Every 0.2 Seconds After Its Denim Upgrade
The upgrade replaces Flashblocks with 200-millisecond canonical blocks and adds BaseTime, while apps and node operators adjust to the new timing rules.
- On Thursday, the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum layer 2 network Base activated its Denim upgrade, reducing block times to 200 milliseconds and increasing production to five blocks per second.
- Denim marks the fourth major upgrade for Base this year, following Azul in May, Beryl in June, and Cobalt in September, establishing the network as a leading layer 2 for spot trading.
- Replacing the Flashblocks preview system, the update introduces 200-millisecond block times and a new BaseTime contract enabling smart contracts to measure time with millisecond precision.
- Shortly after activation, Base reported the team was investigating 'periodic transaction inclusion delays' causing higher than expected empty block rates, while spot Ethereum ETFs posted a $99.9 million net outflow.
- Future ETH demand hinges on Base's total value locked exceeding $5.86 billion and stabilizing spot ETF flows, rather than relying solely on the technical speed improvements Denim provides.
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Base Now Makes a Block Every 0.2 Seconds After Its Denim Upgrade
Base, the Ethereum layer 2 network built by Coinbase, activated its Denim upgrade at 18:00 UTC on Thursday (1 p.m. ET), the time Base scheduled on its status page. Base’s first 200-millisecond block, No. 53,556,127, landed at 18:00:01 UTC, two seconds after the last two-second block, according to the network’s public RPC data checked by Unchained. That is ten blocks for every one Base made before: a new block each 200 milliseconds rather than ea…
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