139 - BASE Mainnet: Making Ethereum Accessible to Everyone with Jesse Pollak

Joining the podcast today is Jesse Pollak, Head of Protocols at Coinbase and BASE Contributor #001. We explore the recent launch of BASE Mainet, the Projects being built on this layer 2, and what’s next for our Onchain Future.

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----- TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro 02:49 Introducing Base 05:34 Why Onchain? 10:24 Oakland Community Currency 11:59 What Ethereum Scaling Unlocks 14:18 BASE Projects 17:13 From Crypto Natives to the Average User 19:09 Getting Gitcoin on BASE 21:12 From Centralized to Decentralized 23:03 Why is Onchain the Next Online 27:06 Upgrading the System 32:02 Closing Thoughts

----- SPEAKERS:

Jesse Pollak https://twitter.com/jessepollak

Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki

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