Self-Hosted
Running your own Base node: stablecoins and AI agents
Base is #1 by daily stablecoin volume and hosts most x402 agent traffic. When to run your own Base node — and how Chainstack Self-Hosted makes it a deploy.
Base is #1 by daily stablecoin volume and hosts most x402 agent traffic. When to run your own Base node — and how Chainstack Self-Hosted makes it a deploy.
Production AI agents on Base fire hundreds of RPC calls in seconds. Here’s the infrastructure that keeps up: JSON-RPC, WebSocket, Flashblocks, and MCP setup by prompt.
B20 is Base’s native token standard, shipped with Beryl in June 2026. ERC-20 superset with roles, transfer policies, freeze-and-seize built into the chain. How to use it.
Speed is the product on Base, but speed isn’t finality. Here’s how transactions move from sequencer to Ethereum — and which confirmation tier your code should actually use.
Base is forking from OP Stack to a unified base/base stack. Here’s what changes for node operators, app developers, and DeFi teams — and what you need to do before Base V1.
Use the Chainstack faucet to get Base testnet tokens and validate stablecoin transfers and payment flows in real-world scenarios using Base RPC endpoints.