Coinbase Announces Base🔵, an Ethereum L2 Network Powered by Optimism

<p>Jesse Pollock, Senior Director of Engineering at Coinbase, joins us to unpack some of the hottest news in crypto since The Merge! </p> <p>Coinbase announces the launch of “Base,” their own L2 built on the OP Stack. Tune in to hear everything you need to know about Base! </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 MetaMask Learn | Learn Web3 with the Leading Web3 Wallet <a href= "https://bankless.cc/">https://bankless.cc/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM: <br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/subscribe">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/subscribe</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: </p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kraken">https://bankless.cc/kraken</a> </p> <p>🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/uniswap">https://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>👻 PHANTOM | #1 SOLANA WALLET<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist">https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 7:53 Coinbase’s New Chain?<br /> 8:45 What is Base? <br /> 9:36 How is Base Different?<br /> 11:16 How Open is Base?<br /> 13:05 Why Now? <br /> 17:00 ETH L2 Philosophy <br /> 20:00 2nd Mover Advantage & Success Metric<br /> 22:26 Total Coinbase Users<br /> 25:15 How Base Will be Used By Coinbase Users<br /> 29:35 $COIN<br /> 31:13 Could Base Canoblize Coinbase? <br /> 32:35 Regulation <br /> 35:30 Base Token?! <br /> 40:26 Validator Set <br /> 39:10 Sequencer Power<br /> 40:53 Timeline <br /> 42:55 Basechain Vision <br /> 48:55 Why OP Stack?<br /> 52:57 Jesse as a Badge Member  <br /> 54:47 Gas-Free Percentage<br /> 56:22 Superchain Vision<br /> 58:46 KGZ Ceremony <br /> 1:00:41 What Does Successful Base Look Like? <br /> 1:06:13 Closing & Disclaimers </p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Jesse Pollak (jesse.xyz)<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/jessepollak">https://twi