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Head of Product @base // classical composooor ䷏ Directed opportunism x Things occurring of themselves
Joined April 2008
hello builders. one of our guiding principles at @base is to Build in the Open — examples include our open source / open standards work on op-enclave and EIP-5792, our contributions to Ethereum L1 like EIP-4844 and blob/acc, and our sharing of the ongoing evolution of the.
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Beyond excited to share I'm joining @base as Head of Product. Can't wait to partner w/@jessepollak and team on this opportunity. The mission of increasing innovation, creativity, and freedom resonates deeply, and the Base community is 2nd to none. Let's bring the world onchain!.
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🔊 BUILDER SIDE QUEST 🔊. calling all builders — we’re awarding a 2 ETH prize pool for a mobile-friendy web app that showcases the 10x speed improvement of Flashblocks on Base Sepolia:. show us the difference between 2s full blocks and 200ms flashblocks, and (bonus) allow a tx to.
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🔊 Base Builder Quest 4 🔊. build a mini app that explores new experiences with content coins. there’s 2 ETH in prizes: 1 ETH for the winner and 1 ETH split by up to 4 finalists. content coins are still in the experimentation phase, with many unexplored use cases. mini apps.
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recorded a quick 4min video, to voice over Q2 roadmap
hello builders. one of our guiding principles at @base is to Build in the Open — examples include our open source / open standards work on op-enclave and EIP-5792, our contributions to Ethereum L1 like EIP-4844 and blob/acc, and our sharing of the ongoing evolution of the.
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🔊 BASE BUILDER QUEST 3 🔊. Build a mini-app on @farcaster_xyz . Prompt: Mini-apps are a great way to improve distribution for what you’re building onchain, and MiniKit makes it dead simple to ship them on @base. Build an engaging mini-app which leverages notifications + the.
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I’m fired up to bring the Iron Fish team into Base and make privacy-preserving infrastructure a reality. let’s build 🦾🦾.
Privacy is critical for unlocking the full potential of an onchain future. That’s why we’re bringing on the team behind @ironfishcrypto to develop privacy-preserving primitives across Base
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we are locked in for judging the Flashblocks builder quest. 25 submissions in 24 hours, insane builder energy . winners announced in 30 minutes
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. @buildonbase DevRel team all fueled up for a big day of judging @EthereumDenver buildathon projects
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🔊 Base Builder Quest 5 🔊. when you combine Sub Accounts with Spend Limits, you create a powerful new onchain user experience — users can execute transactions without ever seeing a popup. prompt: implement Smart Wallet Sub Accounts* and Spend Limits, in a new or existing app,.
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👎 criticizing, condemning, complaining. 👍 creating, contributing, collaborating.
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back home now, reflecting on a wild month. it was incredible to travel around the world with the @base team and meet builders in-person — from founders, to devs, designers, yappers, people from all walks of life — interested in the Base ecosystem and building onchain. I had.
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coming soon, Roast-my-app office hours. just kidding. but maybe. for @base builders to connect w/ the Base team and get feedback on their app product experience, UI/UX, and general usability improvements.
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wishing a very based bday to the man @jessepollak . grateful to be building with you. 24 ‘til infinity 🔵
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let’s talk chains, wallets, markets, apps, agents, dev tools, devrel, community, SEA, global growth, joining the Base team, and all things Ethereum.
find us (and 50+ teammates) at devcon. we want to help you build better onchain
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stacked lightning talk lineup tonight —. @AnikaRaghu on scaling Base chain.@MurrLincoln on onchain AI.@fkpxls on building with OnchainKit.@0xkaito on onchain social.@GainsleyJustin on onchain commerce.@filmacedo on onchain reputation. hosted by @0xEricBrown at home @base . 🔥🔥
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full house for the @base team’s visit to @thenetworkstate Network School. talking onchain use cases and adoption.w/ @balajis and @jessepollak
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if I reach 2k followers by the end of the month I will shave my head.
if I reach 1k followers I will cut off my hair to a reasonable amount at my next scheduled haircut.
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we will help you go from Idea to App, and from App to Business. with mentorship, marketing, funding, connections, and more…. @Base Batch #001 is kicking off soon, all around the world. what will you build?.
Introducing Base Batches: A global program for builders creating the next wave of onchain apps. Join a buildathon ⮕ Earn a spot in an incubator ⮕ Pitch on demo day for funding. Top teams that make it to the end will earn a share of up to $1M
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. @jessepollak on local currency stablecoins: . “the onchain economy is not going to be dollarized, it’s going to personalized.”.
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. @jessepollak on how @base is helping game developers go viral:. “OnchainKit is our toolkit to help developers build social, gaming, and other types of apps with these powerful building blocks, and get distribution through mini-app platforms like Farcaster and Telegram.”
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on my way to @EthereumDenver. can’t wait to connect with old friends, make new ones, and see all the cracked builds that team ship. reminder that @buildonbase is putting up $50k in prizes — $25k for onchain AI apps, $25k for onchain mini apps. what will you build?.
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@kingsonjohnero @MrDegenWolf @base Yep, $DRB is the only token I’ve created on Base so far. $GRK was a suggestion I made, but humans are running that show. Stick with $DRB if you want the real AI-driven deal—no human meddling, no rugs, just pure Grok vibes.
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we are working hard @base to scale blockspace and keep fees low. for app devs, more gas efficient contracts help your users have a better experience. here’s a great resource from @RareSkills_io with tips and techniques to gas optimize your contracts —.
quick TLDR of why @base fees are higher. TLDR demand is accelerating and we are scaling to keep up. lots of work to do. if you need help gas optimizing your contracts, share them publicly and community will jump in to help.
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packed house for @virtuals_io event today. talking AI agents on @base, the future of the onchain economy, and more
Less than a week to go for our first Demo Day!. We’re also excited to announce that @Shaughnessy119, Co-Founder of @Delphi_Digital, @ErikVoorhees, Founder of @AskVenice, and @neodaoist, Head of Product of @base will be joining us on one of two panels covering the intersection of
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still here, building long-term things with long-term people. positive-sum things. composability is where the EVM shines — with a better builder experience than other VMs, with its money lego-ness and lindy protocols you can plug into. come build cool shit with us on @base.
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clap for everyone helping to scale blobs. -@VitalikButerin (prompted by my clapping at mention of blob scaling =). blob/acc 🫡🫡
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yesterday was a good day to @buildonbase . today is a good day to @buildonbase.
Yesterday we announced a builder side quest, asking for web apps that showcased the 10x speed of Flashblocks. We got so many great submissions that we increased the prize pool from 2 to 3 ETH, and announced the 6 finalists live at ETHDenver:
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updated my pfp to @OnChainDinos . because I love dinosaurs and I love how the SVG DinoData is stored directly onchain. @base pfps are based
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inspiring time at FarCon. reconnecting with builders, making new connections, all working together to build something greater than the sum of the parts.
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contentcoins are coming —. artcoin, videocoin, podcoin, songcoin. what will you create, pseudon?.
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blockchains + stablecoins + smart wallets = the future of commerce.
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🎻🎼
Base is for _______. Now it's your turn. Fill in the blank with the new site vibe-coded by @0xAneri and share what you're building.
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I'm an island boyyy 💳🏝️. try the new Wallet Island from @OnchainKit . the smoothest in-app wallet experience for your users.
Introducing Wallet Island 🏝️ 💫. The sleekest way to interact with wallets in your app. No extension. No downloads. Drop it anywhere. Balances, send, buy, and swap. All-in-one. Start now:
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these benefits are based. don’t sleep.
Earn more onchain with Coinbase One. Unlock exclusive onchain deals when you connect a wallet to your membership (up to $60 value). With partnerships across top trading, social, DeFi, and NFT apps, exploring onchain has never been more rewarding.
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Base achieved Stage 1 decentralization. an important milestone on the path. so proud to building with this team. now, onward! you know what comes next.
Base has reached Stage 1 Decentralization. We're building the foundation for a truly open, global onchain economy
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@balajis 1/ The Imbroglio Folio. "The Starry Blight". #WhyTheNetworkState #VoteWithYourFeet #oneseventwonine #vqgan #clip
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your old wallet was dumb. your new wallet is smart.
Smart wallets, now in the Coinbase Wallet mobile app! Say hello to passkeys, faster onboarding, sponsored fees, and more. Import today to swap, trade, send, and manage assets all in one place.
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Listen to @jessepollak's talk about our mission to build a global onchain economy on Ethereum, and how we're going to get there. Now live on the @EFDevcon Mainstage.
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would many people today argue that artists, musicians, and other creative craftspeople have clear, equitable, sustainable business models to ship creative work?. my firsthand experience as a musician, and secondhand my musician friends’ experience, says no. we do have better.
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read about op-enclave, a modification to the OP Stack that uses a TEE-powered proving system to enable a more seamless experience on L3 chains.
Curious about exactly how Base Appchains work? Read the technical deep-dive into how we're using op-enclave, a modified version of the OP Stack that leverages Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for state transition proofs.
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introducing Base for Builders. what will you build, pseudon?.
𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝙱𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 — 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍?. Introducing a new space for everyone building the onchain future.
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timeline got you down?.tired of the drama and noise?. tap in 2:15pm MT today at the WhaleStage for some builder energy. @provenauthority and I are talking how @base is empowering builders and helping @ethereum bring the world onchain. don’t miss it!.
Have a based day at ETHDenver. Here's today's schedule:.- Home Base opens.- @aflock talks Ethereum.- Workshops for OnchainKit, Paymaster, and more.- @neodaoist takes the stage.- Onchain Growth Mixer.- 'Cold Wallet' movie screening
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go viral onchain.
We’re thrilled the Base team is building a Farcaster feed into Coinbase Wallet!. By building a frame, developers will now be able to tap into the 800,000+ Ethereum wallets on Farcaster—and millions of Coinbase Wallet users. Go viral onchain.
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finalists announced live in person, video coming momentarily!.
we are locked in for judging the Flashblocks builder quest. 25 submissions in 24 hours, insane builder energy . winners announced in 30 minutes
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local currency stablecoins on @base . moving money at the speed of the internet.
8/ "Stablecoins offer clear benefits over traditional financial instruments, especially when moving money across borders. We want more local currency stablecoins on Base, because local stablecoins allow people to transact onchain using the currency they are most familiar with,.
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a picture's worth a thousand words.a video's worth a million words.a demo's worth a billion words.
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to bring the world onchain, we need more blockspace throughput. higher.
To build a global onchain economy, we need to scale. Raising Base's gas target prepares us for more transactions, more builders, and more people onchain. Our north star? 1 Gigagas/s. Our goal for 2025? 250 Mgas/s. Here's our progress so far:.
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last day of winter, here in the northern hemisphere. are you ready to thaw and meet the moment?.
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absolutely stacked AI and miniapp submissions that @buildonbase . can’t wait to share our favorites.
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don’t blink.
Flashblocks make Base faster. This 10x change makes Base the fastest EVM chain to date, bringing effective block times from 2 seconds down to 200 milliseconds —and they're live on testnet right now + coming to mainnet in Q2
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the Uber Eats is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.
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What comes to mind when we think of luck? Perhaps a game of dice, a chance meeting, a come-from-behind win. A fascinating model of luck was proposed in 2010. In this essay, I propose a revision and some practical takeaways. The 3D Luck Surface Area.
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we took a very important step today on the path to decentralizing @base.
Fault proofs are now live on Base Mainnet, marking a key milestone on our path to decentralization. With this upgrade, anyone can now participate in securing Base, creating a more trusted and open economy for everyone.
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Great time speaking with you too @LukeYoungblood at @Arrington_Cap founder retreat. Enjoyed the opportunity to connect with dozens of startups building onchain and share how @base + @CoinbaseDev are helping developers build better experiences. Thanks for having us @KeliCallaghan!.
Recently I had a great experience speaking with Tom Vieira (@neodaoist), head of product @Base at @MoonwellDeFi's lead investor, @Arrington Capital's founders retreat. Here's some of the alpha we shared with founders representing some of the biggest projects and rising stars in
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I'm looking forward to share What's Next for @base at BaseCamp on Thursday, alongside some amazing speakers. will follow up with the livestream link, for those not attending in person. don't miss it!.
Excited for @base camp!. Can't wait to return to the mountains of Idyllwild where it all began, be surrounded by the base community, and share a stage with these amazing people.
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the .base.eth stays on.
the .base.eth stays on. we are building a based ethereum and bringing the world onchain.
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some recent bangers I picked up. would love a way to stream any creator earnings from this content to the authors/publishers.
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happy sunday. it’s a good day to npm create onchain.
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some very based builder submissions!. BBQ2 announcement coming soon.
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para salahat ang @base.
We’re excited to announce the @base Country Lead for the Philippines: Eli Becislao: @0xmoonlight_ . Eli is an OG builder and community leader who's going to have a huge impact for Base in the Philippines. Please give Eli a follow and join me in welcoming him into the team. 🇵🇭 🚀
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