Gas Deltas Are Going To Decide Where Volume Actually Goes
Newton runs on both Base and Ethereum mainnet but the execution cost between those two chains isn't even close, and that difference changes how agents actually behave in practice. If policy enforcement adds any extra computation on top of a normal transaction, that overhead gets multiplied by whatever gas environment you're in. On Base it's probably negligible, but on Ethereum mainnet during any real congestion that added verification step could make automated strategies unprofitable before they even settle. Nobody's published numbers comparing the actual cost delta between the two chains under this new enforcement layer.
I'd bet most serious agent activity migrates toward Base purely on cost, not because Ethereum $ETH is less secure. But if that happens fast, Ethereum side liquidity for this system could end up thin while everyone chases cheaper execution. Watching gas data before I size up.
@NewtonProtocol $NEWT #Newt
Newton runs on both Base and Ethereum mainnet but the execution cost between those two chains isn't even close, and that difference changes how agents actually behave in practice. If policy enforcement adds any extra computation on top of a normal transaction, that overhead gets multiplied by whatever gas environment you're in. On Base it's probably negligible, but on Ethereum mainnet during any real congestion that added verification step could make automated strategies unprofitable before they even settle. Nobody's published numbers comparing the actual cost delta between the two chains under this new enforcement layer.
I'd bet most serious agent activity migrates toward Base purely on cost, not because Ethereum $ETH is less secure. But if that happens fast, Ethereum side liquidity for this system could end up thin while everyone chases cheaper execution. Watching gas data before I size up.
@NewtonProtocol $NEWT #Newt
