Looks like @coinbase just partnered up with @optimismFND in the L2 arms race! Let's take a glance at the current most important person in the room: @buildonbase!
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2/🧵 Why is it a big deal? Some bullet points:
→ Coinbase is the biggest American exchange, and they'll onboard their 110m+ users into #DeFi
→ It'll be their on-chain base of operations
→ They'll build a bridge from Base to most L1s, L2s, and non-EVMs like #BTC and #SOL
3/🧵 @coinbase and @optimismFND first worked together helping develop #EIP4844, an update that will rise #ETH's TPS to 1,000, as a way to allow L2s to achieve exponential cost savings, making crypto affordable for mainstream users.
4/🧵 Base is the first project to build on top of Optimism's Superchain - a network of L2 chains seeking to make launching an L2 as trivial as creating an #ETH smart contract.
How? By sharing security, a communication layer, and an open-source tech stack with all L2s in it.
5/🧵 @buildonbase sees itself as a bridge, aiming to simplify the on-chain experience for new users and allow them access to products on other chains in the simplest way.
This means that users will have access to #Coinbase products and as many other chains as possible!
6/🧵 OP wants to build a chain to kill all chains, standardizing and allowing them to be interchangeable. Developers won't just be building apps for Base or Optimism, but for the #superchain as a whole. Talk about #interoperable!
7/🧵 As a consequence of that, a portion of Base transaction fees will go towards the Optimism Collective Treasury, which aims to keep building the #superchain bigger and integrating more L2s within it.
8/🧵 But is it bullish?
Big teams like @SushiSwap are already pledging support for the new chain. Looks like major DEXes already have their sights set on being the first ones to arrive on it. I'd be getting ready for a @buildonbase season soon!
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All in all, it sounds like a positive thing for crypto: Raising interoperability, onboarding new users, and making #ETH better are always a green light for us!
Like and follow for more! We'll be cooking up something of our own... #SOON.
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The next big thing for #crypto? Interoperability. In order to truly connect the entire world, different blockchains need to be able to exchange data and assets.
In this thread, we'll take a look at how close we are to achieving it, and who is helping us to do so!
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While there are dozens of Layer 1s solving a myriad of different issues, you can't use both simultaneously or easily. A #web2 equivalent of it would be having to use one browser to access Google Docs, and another one just to purchase something on Amazon!
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The worst part is that in order to use different chains, you have to send your liquidity around with either:
a) On-chain bridges, which are relatively unsafe (look at how many exploits we've had last year!)
b) Using centralized exchanges and spending unnecessary fees.
Huge news to the L2 Ecosystem: @Visa is proposing an automatic payments system on #Ethereum using @StarkNetEco! Let's break it down to understand how would that work 🧵🧵
1/ Blockchain adoption is increasing the demand for products with a great user experience and functionality that support real use cases. @Visa is proposing #AccountAbstraction to enable automated programmable payments through smart contracts.
2/ Using account abstraction, @Visa would be able to allow self-custodial wallets to pull funds automatically rather than requiring user participation every time. This is huge for #crypto, opening the possibility to become more than just a drop in the #CeFi ocean.
"Decentralized finance (often stylized as #DeFi) offers financial instruments without relying on intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or banks by using smart contracts on a #blockchain ."
3/DeFi, "Debutante" of the Crypto Bull Run 20'/21'
DeFi unexpectedly played a Main Role in the last #BullMarket , especially at both Early and Final stages with DeFi Summer '20 on one hand, and the Rise/Fall of DeFi 2.0 feat. "Terra Disaster" on the other one.