Infrastructure
What is MEV protection? Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Arc
Learn how MEV works on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum and Arc, when you need MEV Protection or Optimized Submission, and how to configure both on Chainstack nodes.
Learn how MEV works on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum and Arc, when you need MEV Protection or Optimized Submission, and how to configure both on Chainstack nodes.
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.