Today (September 17, 2024) there’s a harvest moon, a supermoon, and an eclipse all at once 🌕
We're celebrating this rare celestial trifecta, and as the sky aligns, we commemorate the alignment of a decentralized onchain internet with a global financial economy.
An internet where creators can earn directly from their creativity. An internet where everyone, everywhere gets the same access, no matter where you live. This is the future of the internet. This is onchain.
An internet where creators can earn directly from their creativity. An internet where everyone, everywhere gets the same access, no matter where you live. This is the future of the internet. This is onchain.
One year ago, 40 builders came together to launch Base from the remote location of Idyllwild.
Since then, thousands of builders have created world-class experiences on Base. Businesses, games, social apps, restaurants, and communities have all come onchain — and one year later, we brought 400 builders back to Idyllwild with us for our very first BaseCamp.
But it's still day one.
One year in, and there are 4 million transactions a day and 11 million active addresses, and we’ve simultaneously driven fees down to below 1 cent. We're not going to rest until we bring a billion people onchain.
A digital copy of the “Coinbase engineering wiz Jesse Pollak had thoughts of leaving the company. Instead, he built its hit blockchain” article from Fortune, published on May 30th 2024. The photo was commissioned by Fortune and taken by Winni Wintermeyer.
This article was originally published behind a paywall, but the Fortune team agreed to let the Base team publish it to demonstrate the transformative power of onchain content. Mint to read the article and support an onchain future for media.
Since day one, Base has rallied a community of visionaries working to build a decentralized future onchain, together. We’ve seen the impact of collective action to reshape the internet, and now with the 1-year anniversary of Base mainnet coming up this August, we’re bringing the community together in person.
Introducing BaseCamp, the inaugural gathering of Base builders and creators driving the onchain vision forward.
Last August, Base made its mainnet debut from an unlikely launch pad: a remote Starlink setup in the mountains of Idyllwild, California during FWB FEST 2023. Why'd we choose to go live from there? We wanted to be surrounded by the energy of onchain creators and visionaries.
Now, one year later, we're coming full circle by bringing BaseCamp to the same symbolic space. For two days in Idyllwild, attendees will experience the passion and creativity fueling the movement to increase access, innovation and freedom through decentralized technology.
Farcon May 2 - 5 / 2024 Venice Beach / California / USA Base / For Everyone
This one is for Farcaster builders working to shape the new internet. If you’re at Farcon, we can’t wait to connect with you IRL soon. If not, see you onchain 🔵
This toolbox is yours, builders of the new internet. To craft experiences that shatter boundaries. To onboard the world to a promise of an onchain future. The stage is set.
This is a call. For the visionaries and restless spirits. To seize this moment. To bring forth the thing you wish existed. To flip ‘the way it is’ on its head and onchain.
This is for the builders. For the ones breathing life into onchain ideas. Crafting the toolbox that empowers a decentralized world. Powering creations that reshape reality, line by line.
One year ago today, we announced Base with a single blue dot. Since then, that blue dot has grown to represent a global community of builders and creators charting a new path forward. Together we're architecting an internet that's filled with possibility.
The onchain future is brighter thanks to builders like you 🔵
Do you remember the bouncing logos on old school screensavers? We spent hours willing those icons to hit the corner of the screen. Now, as we build an onchain future, it feels like we’re longing for the internet to finally hit a corner and unlock new potential.
The difference is, we have the power to actually make it happen. Talk less, build more. The future is always just one bounce away.
Remember floppy disks? They made data portable, letting people share ideas with their neighbors and friends.
Our onchain world is connecting builders everywhere, on a global level, no disk required — and now it’s more seamless than ever, thanks to minting with Warps directly in the Farcaster feed.
When we launched Base, we set base.org as our onchain identity via ENS because that was the best domain we had.
Recently, in recognition of how we’ve built Base, an anonymous stranger gifted us base.eth. They did this as a recognition of our commitment to decentralization and open source, two values which we will continue to uphold.
We believe that onchain is the next online and that .eth better represents that ethos than .org. Therefore, from this moment forward, we are proud to rock base.eth as our primary onchain identity via ENS.
online → onchain
base.org -> base.eth
This is a commemorative NFT and does not have any other utility, function, or intended value.
Base — Holiday Capsule
One Billion Transactions
Thank you for being based
Okay, so what is Base?
Harvest Supermoon
We're celebrating this rare celestial trifecta, and as the sky aligns, we commemorate the alignment of a decentralized onchain internet with a global financial economy.
The future of the internet is onchain
The future of the internet is onchain
One Year On Base — Still Day One
Since then, thousands of builders have created world-class experiences on Base. Businesses, games, social apps, restaurants, and communities have all come onchain — and one year later, we brought 400 builders back to Idyllwild with us for our very first BaseCamp.
But it's still day one.
One year in, and there are 4 million transactions a day and 11 million active addresses, and we’ve simultaneously driven fees down to below 1 cent. We're not going to rest until we bring a billion people onchain.
Job's not finished.
Thank you for being based.
Touch Grass
So last week we asked you to touch grass with us, and hundreds of people came together to document it onchain
Now we’ve updated our own onchain creative to showcase the incredible creators building on Base
Step outside. Breathe in the fresh air. Let your mind wander, get inspired — and then, keep creating onchain
Touch grass, because creativity doesn't stop when you step away from the screen — it grows 🌱
warpcast.com/~/channel/base-creators
Base Builders Friday - June 7 2024
Onchain Stories - Brian Armstrong
Coinbase Engineering wiz Jesse Pollak had thoughts of leaving the company. Instead, he built its hit blockchain
This article was originally published behind a paywall, but the Fortune team agreed to let the Base team publish it to demonstrate the transformative power of onchain content. Mint to read the article and support an onchain future for media.
onchain–offgrid
Since day one, Base has rallied a community of visionaries working to build a decentralized future onchain, together. We’ve seen the impact of collective action to reshape the internet, and now with the 1-year anniversary of Base mainnet coming up this August, we’re bringing the community together in person.
Introducing BaseCamp, the inaugural gathering of Base builders and creators driving the onchain vision forward.
Last August, Base made its mainnet debut from an unlikely launch pad: a remote Starlink setup in the mountains of Idyllwild, California during FWB FEST 2023. Why'd we choose to go live from there? We wanted to be surrounded by the energy of onchain creators and visionaries.
Now, one year later, we're coming full circle by bringing BaseCamp to the same symbolic space. For two days in Idyllwild, attendees will experience the passion and creativity fueling the movement to increase access, innovation and freedom through decentralized technology.
Read the full announcement, and how to apply:
base.mirror.xyz/GL6dd2CfZuG3dVd_jZAZJLjYP8h7NRk0falVV6O7RqQ
Just Build It [005]
It's the oxygen that sustains our dreams.
Explore and create the onchain future.
Just build it.
Base @ FarCon
May 2 - 5 / 2024
Venice Beach / California / USA
Base / For Everyone
This one is for Farcaster builders working to shape the new internet. If you’re at Farcon, we can’t wait to connect with you IRL soon. If not, see you onchain 🔵
Just Build It [004]
The world is your canvas, builders.
Craft experiences that transcend borders.
Just build it.
Just Build It [003]
To craft experiences that shatter boundaries.
To onboard the world to a promise of an onchain future.
The stage is set.
Just build it.
Just Build It [002]
For the visionaries and restless spirits.
To seize this moment.
To bring forth the thing you wish existed.
To flip ‘the way it is’ on its head and onchain.
Just build it.
Just Build It [001]
For the ones breathing life into onchain ideas.
Crafting the toolbox that empowers a decentralized world.
Powering creations that reshape reality, line by line.
Just build it.
I was there when @base beat /perl
Build With Us
Meet us at Home Base (lu.ma/ethdenverhomebase), play Base Hunt (basehunt.xyz/) , and hack on Base for bounties (www.ethdenver.com/buidl-sponsors/coinbase)
Blue Dot
The onchain future is brighter thanks to builders like you 🔵
Talk Less, Build More
The difference is, we have the power to actually make it happen. Talk less, build more. The future is always just one bounce away.
No Disk Required
Our onchain world is connecting builders everywhere, on a global level, no disk required — and now it’s more seamless than ever, thanks to minting with Warps directly in the Farcaster feed.
Get Onchain Today!
To bring the world onchain, we need to create a new internet that supports a global economy.
We’re making this vision a reality through a million builders actively working to create what they love.
Join us and let’s build the future together.
base.org
Base Day One
Watch it evolve as more people come onchain and collectively create our story.
All proceeds will support the next generation of builders on Base; this does not confer any other rights.
GET ONCHAIN at onchainsummer.xyz and mint to join us.
base.org -> base.eth
Recently, in recognition of how we’ve built Base, an anonymous stranger gifted us base.eth. They did this as a recognition of our commitment to decentralization and open source, two values which we will continue to uphold.
We believe that onchain is the next online and that .eth better represents that ethos than .org. Therefore, from this moment forward, we are proud to rock base.eth as our primary onchain identity via ENS.
online → onchain
base.org -> base.eth
This is a commemorative NFT and does not have any other utility, function, or intended value.