PANews reported on May 26 that according to Beincrypto, the Ethereum Layer2 network Base supported by Coinbase is about to undergo a major upgrade to increase speed, reduce costs, and enhance decentralization. On May 24, Base chief developer Jesse Pollak announced the upgrade plan on the X platform. The upgrade aims to expand the scale of Base to meet the needs of users and developers. The team is working hard to shorten the transaction confirmation time to 200 milliseconds and reduce the handling fee to less than $0.01. The short-term goal is to achieve more than 200 transactions per second, and the ultimate goal is 1 million transactions per second.

Base is moving towards a more decentralized architecture, and plans to transfer key components of the protocol to Ethereum Layer 1 via smart contracts, allowing independent developers and validators to participate in network development. The core of the upgrade is the Flashblocks system, which can achieve nearly instant "pre-confirmed blocks". It has entered the test network trial and is expected to be launched on the main network before the summer of 2025. In addition, Base will also expand the Gas throughput, achieving a 250-fold increase within the year. Pollak believes that these upgrades will significantly improve the speed and efficiency of Base, making it a strong competitor to chains such as Solana and Sui.