Ethereum

~70% of Base chain state has been taken over by a single protocol of questionable utility

thanks to cheap fees + storage mispricing, a tiny number of users have monopolized the majority of network resources

this has implications for every cheap fee blockchain. some thoughts 👇

the chart above visualizes how Base’s state is currently being used. size of each rectangle = how much state is used by each type of contract

the chart was generated using the same methodology as our recent blogpost looking at Ethereum. find it here:

data @ paradigm

https://github.com/sslivkoff

the chart above visualizes how Base’s state is currently being used. size of each rectangle = how much state is used by each type of contract

the chart was generated using the same methodology as our recent blogpost looking at Ethereum. find it here:

https://www.paradigm.xyz/2024/03/how-to-raise-the-gas-limit-1

what is the problem?

1) thanks to XEN, 0.3% of Base users are monopolizing 67.8% of the chain's resources

2) state is permanent. Base nodes now need to store + propagate this spam XEN data forever

3) storage abuse can continue until gas pricing is redesigned

would state expiry fix this? i know we don't have it yet (and its a mainnet thing)