Coinbase CEO: "We seem to be building our own foundations to stand on that are provable and verifiable" I think we're starting to see that those checks and balances are working, right? We just saw the XRP rolling happen. There's going to be a lot more choppiness ahead,. surely, and a lot more learning and growing," he says.
Today on the show we welcome back Jesse Pollak. Jesse is the Head of Protocols at Coinbase and the Creator of Base.
Base plays the important role of trailblazing the future of Layer 2's and doesn't let it's centralized parent get in the way of innovation. Can Base be the spark that kicks off "Layer 2 Summer"?
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0:00 Intro 9:00 Public Perception of Base 10:12 Why is Base a Big Deal? 14:34 Investing in Decentralization 16:11 Trailblazing for an Entire Industry 20:52 A New Level Of Collaboration 23:41 Contributing Fees to Public Goods 30:46 Layer 2 Summer 35:17 Wen Mainnet? 42:07 Onchain vs On-Chain 45:07 Closings and Disclaimers
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Jesse Pollak https://jessepollak.com/
Build on Base https://base.org/
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