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Based Rollups

A based rollup lets the parent's proposers order the rollup's transactions. There is no separate sequencer to bribe or to wait for.

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Authors: Justin Drake
Date: 2023
Publisher: Justin Drake
Version: Source cited by the 2023 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0174
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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A based rollup lets the parent's proposers order the rollup's transactions. There is no separate sequencer to bribe or to wait for.

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Drake, J. (2023). Based Rollups. Justin Drake. https://ethresear.ch/t/based-rollups-superpowers-from-l1-sequencing/15016

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@techreport{basedrollups2023,
  title = {Based Rollups},
  author = {Justin Drake},
  year = {2023},
  institution = {Justin Drake},
  url = {https://ethresear.ch/t/based-rollups-superpowers-from-l1-sequencing/15016},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/based-rollups}
}

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