{"id":25967,"date":"2025-08-10T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/base-celebrates-second-anniversary-since-launch\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T10:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:45:59","slug":"base-celebrates-second-anniversary-since-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/base-celebrates-second-anniversary-since-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Base Celebrates Second Anniversary Since Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 9, 2023, the Base mainnet became publicly accessible. The protocol team congratulated the L2 network on its second &#8220;birthday.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy birthday, Base.<\/p>\n<p>Two years in. Still day one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/THk8zUilhd\">pic.twitter.com\/THk8zUilhd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Base (@base) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/base\/status\/1954223856463319095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Currently, Base ranks second among Ethereum rollups, trailing only Arbitrum One.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXe-QwP8biFM6P2dQ1eKVIibeJytNadcMvyXbB-GUzfrAURBmdP4g1FDljOmdWdGBHn8_bsp7SfYbFFjqzFwwvbTJ3TEIiSHifGxeXWQHfeUTBkxyUwH3Br_Zn3_EiTyMM1n8tZa?key=Tz0ZrVuFLVO6Tf7ZEV8Xng\" alt=\"Base \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0443\u044e \u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/l2beat.com\/scaling\/summary\">L2BEAT<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onbase.dev\/\">on-chain observer<\/a>, the total value locked in the solution&#8217;s smart contracts grew by 8781% over the past year, reaching $4.46 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdJQyJq8wDL2D9XFeHGLCtfbY7iRZcymam5El3RFUVNi5MO707dBPn83TTuq8kwS2FNUOcCucURMoZxLar999ZCiiJN1KK8Wj7pbbVHRuDEmko0SV1VWGBaNVUXwItaFISs5Wi36w?key=Tz0ZrVuFLVO6Tf7ZEV8Xng\" alt=\"Base \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0443\u044e \u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: onbase.dev.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of active users increased by 1280% over the same period, reaching 1.25 million. The peak daily figure was recorded on June 20, 2025, at 3.59 million users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXffEw-UpjVxuprP6uuD7FNyElmUObFNIi8-G1t7Bqa05-IRBLn8j6oGNoGnFXxOQ1K8aTaGL7sTa20ZyouLB3p7TnR1S4pXdr80yK0Y1ClLnhsSMqZeOk_UtWnz0EILpmxYGK2YOA?key=Tz0ZrVuFLVO6Tf7ZEV8Xng\" alt=\"Base \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0443\u044e \u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: onbase.dev.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Transactions increased by more than 2000%. The average daily figure over the past 12 months was 7.5 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcN3PJjEbe0DMQXIn6Lzo0PtqyYFl-U-T7qyw0o3a5O4KNql-QtTTgbzfjSXQ9HelG7qm1_j_k919af8KXspF6tdCutODbYDzQzt_iXhKpe8g_tcR7_aLJhzqGgIEXBHyoQSzcofQ?key=Tz0ZrVuFLVO6Tf7ZEV8Xng\" alt=\"Base \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0443\u044e \u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: onbase.dev.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Network fees have also decreased. Transactions on Base became nearly twice as cheap compared to the previous year, dropping to $0.005. At certain times, transaction costs fell below $0.001.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfte6DonplnxF00e92Oeol62iv1fcw7MiQn1Af5Sp2HURNxk5_HcPBW2KRN4DcoxtpEjUOyJEL2igTpQ-l47T0YqboSKEjqMzAZ2t5PeFe87a9ip-Va1V8bxjBSwdC4zSnMIN21ng?key=Tz0ZrVuFLVO6Tf7ZEV8Xng\" alt=\"Base \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0443\u044e \u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: onbase.dev.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, on August 5, Base&#8217;s infrastructure <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/base-team-to-revamp-infrastructure-following-network-outage\">experienced a failure<\/a>, causing block production to halt for 33 minutes. Developers have promised to implement fixes.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 9, 2023, the Base mainnet became publicly accessible. The protocol team congratulated the L2 network on its second &#8220;birthday.&#8221;\u00a0 Happy birthday, Base. Two years in. Still day one. pic.twitter.com\/THk8zUilhd \u2014 Base (@base) August 9, 2025 Currently, Base ranks second among Ethereum rollups, trailing only Arbitrum One. Source: L2BEAT. According to the on-chain observer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1321,1179],"class_list":["post-25967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-base","tag-layer-2-solutions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"109","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}