I was lucky to be given early access to the @baseapp After using it for the past week, these are my key product takeaways (good, needs improvement, and the bad) for @jessepollak and team.
From someone who has used almost every major crypto social and/or trading app and a former crypto product manager.
Let's start with the good here:
The @baseapp is the new app for Digital Payments. It will replace @Venmo because (1) the base app is global with no KYC and because (2) you can actually earn the yield on the deposits that you hold (rather than letting Venmo earn that yield).
The @baseapp is the new app for Digital Spending. Not only send and earn, you can also spend USDC where it is accepted directly from the app. It's early days (almost anywhere you go, won't accept USDC), but I believe in @coinbase and @circle to push this agenda long term.
There's no mention of gas anywhere. That's how it should be. Especially given the fact that @base is a centralized sequencer. Networks are also hidden away unless you really need to look for them. All really great moves to get first time users on and not confused.
The Farcaster interface is also way better than the Farcaster app. I haven't figured out why, but something feels more right about it here.
Keep support ✌
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