#Base
36 published items tagged Base.
Content tagged #Base
36 published

Base Network Upgrades: Inside the Azul and Beryl Hard Forks
The relentless expansion of the Base network over the past two years has been one of the most remarkable growth stories in blockchain history. What began as an experimental Layer 2...

Coinbase AgentKit on Base: Building Autonomous On-Chain AI Agents
The intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology has long been clouded by speculative hype. However, underneath the marketing narratives lies an undeniable...

Base and the Superchain: Unlocking Native Interoperability Across Layer-2 Networks
The initial promise of Layer 2 rollups was straightforward: scale Ethereum by moving execution off chain while anchoring cryptographic security to Layer 1. In practice, this...

Basenames Explained: How Base Re-Engineered Web3 Identity on Layer-2
One of the most persistent usability failures of public blockchains is the hexadecimal address. A sequence of forty random hexadecimal characters, such as 0x71C...8976 , was...

Bitcoin on Base: How cbBTC Connects the Largest Crypto Asset to DeFi
Over one trillion dollars of Bitcoin capital has historically sat idle, unable to participate natively in Ethereum and Layer 2 DeFi. Coinbase Wrapped BTC cbBTC brings Bitcoin onto...

Base Plans 200ms Native Blocks: Why Flashblocks Is Being Replaced
Base’s current upgrade plan moves toward native 200 millisecond L2 blocks and away from the existing Flashblocks architecture. The Base upgrade changelog says the planned design...

Optimistic Rollups Are Running Out of Time: Why ZK-Proof Infrastructure is Pressuring Base
The explosive growth of Coinbase backed L2 network Base has validated Layer 2 scaling but simultaneously exposed the hidden costs of Optimistic Rollup architecture. The seven day...

Base Cross-Chain Flow Falls to $1M: What NEAR Intents Data Actually Shows
Base moved about $1.0 million through NEAR Intents on August 28, according to NearStats. That was below the $1.4 million recorded on August 27 and far below the $3.8 million peak...

Aave Raises Base USDC Rate Curve: What It Says About Stablecoin Demand
Aave’s Risk Steward process is adjusting stablecoin interest rate curves across its deployments, including a 25 basis point increase for USDC on Base. The broader proposal raises...

Base Goes Live on Astrolescent: Another Route Into the L2 From Non-EVM Chains
Base went live on the Astrolescent bridge on August 29, adding a route into the Coinbase L2 from Radix, Solana, Sui, Sonic, Aptos and Arbitrum. For Base, the important part is not...

The Death of Friend.tech: Why Web3 Social Apps Failed and What the Merchant Migration Means
The launch of Friend.tech in August 2023 on the Base blockchain was hailed as a breakthrough in the decentralized social media sector SocialFi . Within months, the project...

Chainlink Turns Base Tokenized Stocks Into DeFi-Ready Assets
Coinbase’s tokenized stocks on Base received another important piece of infrastructure this week: Chainlink Data Feeds provide pricing data for the assets. That sounds like a...