Base: Coinbase's New Layer 2 Kicks Off

Jesse Pollak is the creator of Base which a Layer 2 scaling solution from Coinbase which launched last week. Base has quickly become a trending topic and a trending chain this summer, attracting more than $200M of value in its short life. Coinbase is the world’s second- largest crypto centralized exchange by volume, and now it’s moving to the on-chain world, so it’s worth watching. In our conversation we will dive into the origin story of Base, why opt for a Layer 2 and not start a new Layer 1, why go for Optimistic rollups, how Base is unique in the already crowded Layer 2 space, their decentralization road map and more. Before we get to it, let's hear an introduction to Base from Jesse.

Our sponsor
https://www.bumper.fi/lp/defend-your-crypto?utm_medium=social&utm_source=defiant&utm_campaign=platform

00:00 Introduction
00:50 What is Base? What does it do?
09:20 Why Ethereum?
14:14 Background and Building Base
20:45 Decentralizing Base
33:45 Rug-pull Before Launch
40:45 Layer two Improvements
45:54 The Goal of Being Onchain

✨ Check out our new website ✨
https://thedefiant.io/

🚀 Sign up to our newsletter 🚀
https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup

🤑 Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here
https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha

✊ Follow The Defiant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews
Discord: https://discord.gg/thedefiant
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/
Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews

📬 Contact our Newsroom
editorial@thedefiant.io

🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships
sponsors@thedefiant.io

💚 Follow The Defiant team on Twitter
Camila Russo: https://twitter.com/CamiRusso
Alp Gasimov: https://twitter.com/alpgasimov
yyctrader: https://twitter.com/yyctrader1
Owen Fernau: https://twitter.com/ofernau
Devin Sawyer: https://twitter.com/devinsawyer
Samuel Haig: https://twitter.com/samuel_haig
Diego Cabral: https://twitter.com/DiegoCabral__
Pab: https://twitter.com/pprhsk
Tegan Kline: https://twitter.com/theklineventure
Jeremy: https://twitter.com/ETH_Nation

#TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain #Web3