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Layer 2 Performance Comparison: Arbitrum vs Optimism vs Base.

CryptoNerd Intelligence•March 8, 2026•28 words•15 min read

Scaling Solutions Compared

The L2 landscape has matured with three dominant architectures: optimistic rollups, zero-knowledge rollups, and volition models.

Network

Finality

Avg Cost

Arbitrum

~1 hour

$0.15