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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To investigate, we did a deep-dive on OP-Stack rollups. Our findings serve as a window into an industry-wide problem.

Spam bots consume huge portions of gas across top rollups, while paying disproportionately low fees https://t.co/SvGtikGLqB

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. https://t.co/sLCuMnZEZJ

@bertcmiller ⚡️🤖

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

"
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
"

https://x.com/bertcmiller/status/1934657993939013851?t=yri2xJ4AccGV2qI6u4KdAQ&s=19

If base gas limits keep going up, why aren't gas prices going down proportionally?

is mev/bot activity just growing to fill the new blockspace?