In this episode, we’re joined by Jesse Pollak, the creator of Base. Our conversation dives into the details behind moving Coinbase onchain, building Base as a 'company within a company', and combining the strengths of Coinbase and Optimism to create a global onchain economy.
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We discuss Base’s lean and engineering-driven team structure, the purpose of economic alliances between chains, pioneering governance strategies, standardizing metrics in the industry, and the paradigm shift that building onchain enables for decision-making, product development, and more efficient business operations.
Tune in for a great discussion about the fundamentals of Base and building onchain.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Let’s get Jesse bald!
03:07 Why build Base as a company within a company?
05:44 Is Base to Coinbase what AWS is to Amazon?
06:20 The future of compute: Onchain and serverless
10:40 From legacy systems to onchain: a practical approach
13:40 What makes DAOs powerful?
16:22 Team composition and hiring at Base
24:49 Standardizing metrics in the industry
25:44 Introduction to the Superchain ecosystem
27:14 The importance of interoperability and asset fungibility
31:16 The economic arrangement between Base and Optimism
33:17 Base as the hub of the onchain economy
37:24 Coinbase x Optimism: An iconic duo
38:04 Governance as a differentiator with L2s
45:18 Leveraging onchain data for growth and decision making
Socials:
Base: https://www.base.org/
Jesse on X: https://x.com/jessepollak
Base on X: https://x.com/base
