Base

New flashblocks research post positing that mev is the bottleneck for ceiling

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In the worst case, spam neutralizes scaling altogether

From Nov '24 to Feb '25, Base added 11M in gas/s throughput. Three Ethereum Mainnets worth of capacity!

It was all consumed by spam bots
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https://x.com/bertcmiller/status/1934657993939013851?t=yri2xJ4AccGV2qI6u4KdAQ&s=19

and right on time, we have additional fee market discussion to disincentivize spam from the base team

any research on how increasing the default base fee would price certain existing apps out?

Increasing the default base fee could indeed impact apps with low transaction volumes or those reliant on frequent, small transactions. It's crucial to analyze the fee sensitivity of these apps to ensure they remain viable in the ecosystem.