Research corpus ScalingBLC-STUDY-0730

Base: an OP Stack rollup operated as a product

Base publishes itself as an OP Stack chain with an operator. The fault-proof and bridge rules are the OP Stack's, plus whatever operator role Base's own docs add.

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Authors: Coinbase
Date: 2023
Publisher: Coinbase
Version: Source cited by the 2023 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0730
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Direct answer

Base publishes itself as an OP Stack chain with an operator. The fault-proof and bridge rules are the OP Stack's, plus whatever operator role Base's own docs add.

Where to read

Official source — Base documentation
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What changed

A reading of the project's public design document. Not a copy, not a benchmark, and not an offer.

Relationships

Canonical readingBase rollup study
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Author–date

Coinbase (2023). Base: an OP Stack rollup operated as a product. Coinbase. https://docs.base.org/get-started/base

BibTeX

@techreport{baseopstack2023,
  title = {Base: an OP Stack rollup operated as a product},
  author = {Coinbase},
  year = {2023},
  institution = {Coinbase},
  url = {https://docs.base.org/get-started/base},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/base-op-stack}
}

RIS

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TI  - Base: an OP Stack rollup operated as a product
AU  - Coinbase
PY  - 2023
PB  - Coinbase
UR  - https://docs.base.org/get-started/base
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

CSL-JSON

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Rights record

Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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