0xResearch Creating the Future of the Internet Onchain | Jesse Pollak
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Sep 19, 2024 Jesse Pollak, a co-founder of Base, delves into the creation of this pioneering Layer 2 solution and its vision for a decentralized internet. He discusses the importance of maintaining user experience and outlines the challenges and innovations the team faces. The conversation also covers the strategic significance of decentralization, the evolving dynamics of blockchain architectures, and his forward-looking perspective on the next five years, emphasizing the transformative potential of on-chain technology and decentralized governance.
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Base's Creation Story
- Jesse Pollak shares how Base was created to bring Coinbase on-chain and solve platform problems with scaling and tooling.
- Base quickly became the largest Layer 2 by activity through focused engineering and iterative testing.
Scaling After EIP-4844
- Lowering L1 costs induced massive demand, forcing Base to raise L2 gas limits for more throughput.
- Scaling now focuses on node speed, data bloat, and maintaining data availability on L1.
Maintaining Base's Consistent UX
- Base maintains a consistent UX and low revert rates by leveraging L2 architecture and Coinbase's scale infrastructure expertise.
- Dedicated engineering and rigorous incident retrospectives underpin Base’s high reliability goals.