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Base RPC Provider for Production Apps

Base is a low-cost Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack for scalable dApps, wallets, DeFi, and consumer apps. It combines EVM compatibility with Ethereum settlement, making familiar Solidity tooling and onchain transactions easier to scale.

Chain ID8453

CurrencyETH

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Public endpoint rate limit: 5 req/sec

Quick Start

Mainnet Sepolia

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber"}' 'https://base.api.onfinality.io/public'

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber"}' 'https://base.api.onfinality.io/public'

HTTPs

https://base.api.onfinality.io/public

https://base.api.onfinality.io/public

Go to Growth Plan

High Performance
Powerful RPC Analytics
Up to 500 rps
No daily response limit
Priority Support
Decentralized Servers

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Base RPC Service Details

FIELD

VALUE

Network

Base Mainnet

Chain ID

8453

Native token

ETH

Protocol

EVM / OP Stack

Public endpoint

5 RPS

Authenticated

Up to 500 RPS

Archive access

Supported

Trace / Debug

Supported

Dedicated nodes

Available

Regions

Not specified

Base Sepolia

Supported

Service status

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Independent benchmark

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Base Public RPC vs OnFinality Base RPC

Base Public RPC

OnFinality Base RPC

API key

Yes

Production workloads

Limited

Yes

Rate limits

Public limits

Up to plan limits

Usage analytics

Yes

Archive access

Limited / method dependent

Yes

Trace / Debug

Limited

Yes

Dedicated capacity

Yes

Base Sepolia

Yes

Base's official public RPC is useful for testing and lightweight development. For production applications that need higher request limits, archive data, trace/debug access, analytics, or dedicated infrastructure, developers can use a managed Base RPC provider such as OnFinality.