a few folks that i've been grateful for in the last few weeks - this is a non-comprehensive list and i'm surely missing a ton of folks, but this is what came to mind: - the whole base core team for putting in the work to make base the best it possibly can be - the whole coinbase + coinbase developer platform team for helping us make base the best it can be - @MrDegenWolf for doubling down on trading culture on base when others are fearful. awooo - @wagmiAlexander for fighting for base through thick and thin - @toady_hawk for staying relentlessly based - @meowphasaurus for continuing to show up with feedback, positive thoughts, love, and builder energy - @votesa for trading, writing, and keeping the ecosystem honest - @BaseJunkie_ for creating content through thick and thin - @Unbankt for believing in things when no one else does and bringing creators to life onchain - @0xDeployer for standing up for builders, always - @apex_ether for building privacy and having fun and doing it in a based way - @PaulFrambot for being an incredible partner as we've grown base to be the leading home for borrow and lend - @0xSehaj for showing up again and again and again - @1CrypticPoet for creating based content and always showing up with a nuanced take - @CoinbaseDuck for keeping us honest and also always having our back - @wbnns for being one of the first builders and never stopping - @QuigleyNFT for just continuing to show up - @juliezize for bringing base to the parts of the world i can't always - @WillPapper for being a based contributor through a ton of different shapes of how we work together - @stambouli_o1 for building through it all - @ethermage for never stopping trying things - @saintniko for being a based voice when we didn't always have one - @CocosLair and @tybasegod for making sure base stays based and memetic even if we don't always do it perfectly - @Punk9277 for tuning out the noise and just shipping valuable things - @NTmoney for backing teams early on base and backing us - @Sir_Damilare for shaping base from inside and out - @cjhtech for relentless hustle and fire - @ErikVoorhees and team for inventing tokenized inference and kickstarting an insane series of evolution that still feels very early - @mac_eth for transitioning from a core team member to a based founder - @aaronjmars for inventing and sharing feedback and living up to it - @MLeeJr for showing the world how you can grow from a memer to a buildooor - @yike699 for memeing and posting - @iamheci for never stopping posting bangers - @basebro_ for bringing the news to the ecosystem - @10yethChad and the chads for being the chads when others won't - @AMahensaria for shipping and shipping and shipping day one day one.

on @base's 3rd bday: thank you to all of the people who show up day in and day out to make base what it is. i often describe what we're building as a living organism. that organism is still young, learning, and getting better. but we're growing into something big. 🫡

I posted a meme QT of this yesterday but here's a serious one. when we started @base, I said to my team and coinbase that we had to back builders in every way we could. because builders would create the products that bring the world onchain. one of the most meaningful ways we've done that is with the base ecosystem fund. we write checks and then work hands on to help them make their own luck and succeed. the vast majority of teams we back had no prior connection to coinbase. they are from all over the world. they are taking bets across every sector of finance (and beyond). and they are some of the most inspiring folks I get to work with on a daily basis. lots more work to do, together.

In 2020 the doors of an ancient dungeon were opened by @ohjia and @wighawag. Inside was a dark and cruel evil. @EthernalWorld They managed to close the doors. Seal away the evil forever. Or so they thought. Today, I reopen the doors, and the evil returns.

@base v2 snapshots are live 🔵 - mainnet snapshots shrank from ~7TB → ~3.2TB due to a new chunked, better-compressed schema - sync times cut from ~5hr → ~2hr - pruned nodes land ~1TB if you run a base node, migrate before the mid-august MDBX hard limit deadline - credit: @wlaw_ @0xBoneyBoi 🙏

Sovereign systems are already live, verifiable, open-source, and moving millions in volume every day. Here’s how @LitProtocol turned secure hardware + immutable smart contracts on @base into the daily driver for top cross-chain venues like @RelayProtocol and @EmblemVault 👇

10 reasons to build on Base: 1. Deep liquidity 2. Base Ecosystem Fund 3. Sub-cent fees 4. #1# chain for AI agents 5. Base Batches 6. Trillions in stablecoin volume 7. Largest L2 by TVL 8. 20+ local stablecoins 9. Sub-second blocks 10. Cracked builders

The killer use case for launching a token-only entity - accelerate your business with hundreds/thousands of co owners - link token to business without burning money on buybacks - create a moat with distributed ownership - continuous funding (fees + fluid capital stack)

This looks like a good yield opportunity for smaller portfolios: @TenorFinance is a new fixed-rate money market built on top of Morpho Midnight and backed by Coinbase. And it launched a pretty attractive incentive program for lenders. For instance, you can get 66% APR paid in $MORPHO token rewards if you lend 1000 USDC against WETH collateral on Tenor right now. This is on top of a 3.71% native APR. There's limited liquidity as the protocol just went live yesterday, and the maximum amount you can lend to this market is only ~$4,000 in USDC for now. But you can also set a lending limit order at a lending rate you choose and hope it gets filled. This is what I plan to do in order to be able to lend a larger amount. As it's a fixed rate, fixed-term money market, you also have to select a lending duration when lending: I'd recommend selecting the July 30 maturity date. The only catch? Every week, a fixed amount of 2,000 MORPHO rewards is distributed, and as more capital is deposited on Tenor, the lending APY will obviously go down as the rewards will become more diluted. But as long as the MORPHO rewards yield stays above 10% APR, to me this seems like a good farm from a risk/reward perspective. By comparison, lending against a top collateral like WETH via the Morpho UI would earn you only 4-5% APY. There's also a chance that Tenor will have a token at some point. And if that's the case, then using it early might be a good way to secure an airdrop allocation.

Our full conversation with Jesse Pollak 0:56 Who is Jesse Pollak 2:22 Why Base shifted focus 4:44 Handing the Base app to Cobie 5:32 Taking big bets 7:53 Creator coins 9:39 The DeFi mullet 16:05 Why builders choose Base 18:30 Venice and tokenized inference 20:40 Brian Armstrong's culture of innovation 26:18 Talking to the trenches 29:44 Where creators fit in global finance 34:06 The role model Jesse wants to be

🏝️ INTRODUCING THE INCO X @MEGAPOT SUMMER GAME JAM 🏝️ 🛠️ workshops from @base, Inco, @megapot, @imgn_ai, @sendarcadefun, @kamigotchiworld, and more 💻 then, a two-week hackathon, with prizes for the best games what will you build?