The Coinbase Chain Powering Layer 2 Summer

<p>Today on the show we welcome back Jesse Pollak. Jesse is the senior director of engineering for retail products at Coinbase who's played a critical role in the development of Base - Coinbase's Layer 2 protocol.</p> <p>Base plays the important role of trailblazing the future of Layer 2's and doesn't let it's centralized parent get in the way of innovation. Can Base be the spark that kicks off "Layer 2 Summer"?</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀Join Ryan & David at Permissionless in September. Bankless Citizens get 30% off<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless">https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE</p> <p><a href= "https://%E2%81%A0https//k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2">⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2</a></p> <p>🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | TRACK & MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING<br /> ⁠<a href= "https://bankless.cc/MetaMask">https://bankless.cc/MetaMask </a></p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://%E2%81%A0https//bankless.cc/Arbitrum">⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> ⁠</p> <p>🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Mantle%20%E2%81%A0">https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠</a></p> <p>👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET<br /> <a href= "https://polygon.technology/roadmap">https://polygon.technology/roadmap</a></p> <p>🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION<br /> <a href="https://bankless.cc/Toku">https://bankless.cc/Toku</a>  </p> <p>------<br /> TIMESTAMPS</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 9:00 Public Perception of Base<br /> 10:12 Why is Base a Big Deal?<br /> 14:34 Investing in Decentralization<br /> 16:11 Trailblazing for an Entire Industry<br /> 20:52 A New Level Of Collaboration<br /> 23:41 Contributing Fees to Public Goods<br /> 30:46 Layer 2 Summer<br /> 35:17 Wen Mainnet?<br /> 42:07 Onchain vs On-Chain<br /> 45:07 Closings and Disclaimers<br /> -----<br /> RESOURCES</p> <p>Jesse Pollak<br /> <a href= "https://jessepollak.com/">https://jessepollak.com/</a> </p> <p>Build on Base<br /> <a href="ht