the specs
as a payment method
the fastest-growing consumer L2 — Coinbase users can pay straight from their exchange account.
how to accept baseEthereum security with L2 fees — good for customers already active in DeFi.
how to accept arbitrumIn practice, merchants don't have to choose. A crypt.pe payment page lists every coin you enable — the customer picks whichever they already hold, and each payment settles wallet-to-wallet to your own address with 0% platform fees. Accepting both BASE and ARB just means more customers can pay you.
accept BASE + ARB — freefrequently asked
Neither is strictly better — they optimise for different things. Base focuses on consumer crypto apps, payments, while Arbitrum focuses on ethereum scaling, defi. The right choice depends on whether you value Base's Ethereum L2 (optimistic rollup) model or Arbitrum's speed, fees and ecosystem for your use case.
Base settles in ~2 s blocks, settles in seconds, while Arbitrum settles in ~250 ms blocks, settles in seconds. Typical network fees are a few cents on Base and a few cents on Arbitrum.
Both — there is no trade-off. A crypt.pe payment page lists every coin you enable, the customer picks whichever they hold, and each payment settles to your own wallet with 0% platform fees. Accepting both simply widens who can pay you.
Nobody can know — price predictions are scenarios, not facts. You can stress-test your own assumptions with the Base and Arbitrum scenario calculators on crypt.pe, which project the live price forward at growth rates you choose. Educational only, never financial advice.
educational comparison — not financial advice. always do your own research.