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The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the deployment of Base, an Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling network, after developers launched the Base testnet on Thursday. The company said it is incubating Base within Coinbase and that the L2 chain will progressively decentralize over time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coinbase L2 Scaling Platform Aims to Help Scale the Crypto Economy<\/h2>\n

Coinbase is joining the competition of Ethereum L2 scaling projects, such as Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Loopring, Starknet, and others, by launching an L2 called Base. The company announced<\/a> the launch of the Base testnet on Thursday and advised the public to stay tuned for the upcoming mainnet launch.<\/p>\n

On Twitter, Coinbase stated<\/a>, \u201cBase is an Ethereum L2 that offers a secure, low-cost, developer-friendly way for anyone, anywhere, to build decentralized apps. Our goal with Base is to make onchain the next online and onboard 1B+ users into the crypto economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Coinbase detailed on Thursday that the team building Base has been working with OP Labs and the Optimism Collective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cryptocurrency exchange explained that Base will be open-source and will leverage Optimism\u2019s OP Stack. Coinbase detailed it is also collaborating<\/a> with Optimism. \u201cWe see this toolkit as an open platform that anyone can contribute to, fork, and extend to help the crypto economy scale,\u201d Coinbase\u2019s blog post said.<\/p>\n

Initially, Coinbase will have more control, but Base\u2019s vision is to become fully permissionless<\/a> over time. \u201cBase will progress from a Stage 0 to Stage 1 rollup in 2023 and a Stage 2 rollup in 2024,\u201d the announcement noted. Furthermore, the blog post stresses that Coinbase has \u2018no plans to issue a new network token.\u2019 While Base will be a separate network, it will be powered by Ethereum and leverage the underlying security of Ethereum.<\/p>\n

Coinbase also announced the launch of a Base Ecosystem Fund to support early-stage projects working with Base, as long as they meet the company\u2019s investment criteria. Like many L2 platforms, Base will offer lower fees than the cost to transact onchain with Ethereum. This week ETH<\/a> fees are higher than usual, and the L2 protocol Arbitrum, which offers lower fees, outpaced<\/a> Ethereum\u2019s daily transaction count.<\/p>\n

\u2018Base offers full EVM equivalence at a fraction of the cost and is committed to pushing forward the developer platform,\u2019 the blog post describing the L2 Base explains. After the Coinbase announcement, the native token of the L2 scaling network Optimism, OP, rose 7.4% against the U.S. dollar. Optimism has recently revealed<\/a> its plans to upgrade its network in March.<\/p>\n

When Coinbase launched the Base testnet, people on social media complained<\/a> about a bumpy start. Coinbase Web3 developer Roberto Bayardo explained<\/a> that the issue was fixed and noted that a lot of people were bridging. \u2018We\u2019re submitting the contracts for verification now,\u2019 Bayardo added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What are your thoughts on Coinbase\u2019s entry into the Ethereum L2 scaling space with the launch of Base? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJamie Redman <\/h6>\n

\nJamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.

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