Tso Thoughts | Sep 2024, ᔑᑌᗰᗰEᖇ ᑎEᐯEᖇ Eᑎᗪᔑ

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4:18 PM • Sep 11, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

cbBTC is now on @base

₿ased

3:41 PM • Sep 12, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

cbBTC allows BTC to be freely used on the fastest growing onchain economy – @base

This unlocks so many use cases for BTC with hundreds of apps on Base and faster and cheaper transactions

And we’re only getting started… this is how we’re bringing the next billion people onchain

Base

We're building a Bitcoin economy on Base

That starts today with cbBTC — the easy, secure way to use your Bitcoin in the global onchain economy

7:53 PM • Sep 12, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Yup!

On @base, your BTC will show up as cbBTC

To get back to BTC, simply send your cbBTC back to your @coinbase account

rb3k 💹🧲

@rbthreek

Wow so you can transfer $BTC from your @coinbase account to an ethereum address and it will automatically convert the bitcoin into $cbBTC

Can use $cbBTC on @base dapps like @AerodromeFi and @MoonwellDeFi

Frictionless borrowing against your $btc onchain

Base liquidity unlock

10:50 PM • Sep 12, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

cbBTC has 1:1 fungibility with BTC on @coinbase

This means that the $137B+ BTC held by Coinbase users can now go onchain to securely access DeFi apps on @base

Laura Shin

@laurashin

"Bitcoin is the granddaddy of all crypto assets," says Will Robinson, VP of engineering at Coinbase.

@willrobinson23 explains why Coinbase launched cbBTC, aiming to bring Bitcoin to DeFi.

Listen now: bit.ly/3MK9WeJ

8:30 PM • Sep 13, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

The Bitcoin economy on @base is at:

- $100M in total market cap
- $225M in 24-hour transfer volume
- $25M in daily DEX trading volume led by @AerodromeFi

Follow cbBTC’s growth on @dune

dune.com

Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC)

Free crypto analytics by and for the community. Access crypto data tools and blockchain analytics with 700,000+ dashboards covering DeFi, NFTs, and onchain data. Track meme coin metrics, DEX analys...

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3:26 PM • Sep 16, 2024

Tweets of the Month

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Onchain Summer

Onchain Fall

Onchain Winter

Onchain Spring

Every season is onchain on @base

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8:23 PM • Sep 1, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

The @base builder mentality:

1. Build incredible UX
2. Create real onchain utility
3. Collaborate in positive sum ways

What am I missing?

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3:30 PM • Sep 4, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Base is built on Ethereum
Base is a part of Ethereum
Base is expanding Ethereum

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2:12 PM • Sep 6, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Come earn weekly UBI (Universal Builder Income) on @base

Rounds

@roundswtf

Earn ETH for posting what you've built on Base this week!

Share a post with what you've built this week on Base using the hashtag #basebuilds to be eligible to earn a portion of the 2.25 ETH reward pool.

rounds.wtf/base-builds/ba…

11:35 PM • Sep 6, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Every month, the @base team hosts a Base Builder Friday on the roof of our onchain office

We do this so we can bring together based builders and better support them

Build Anything, Support Everyone

jesse.base.eth

group picture of the @base builder friday crew

everyone smiled and said "stay based"

12:02 AM • Sep 7, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

We’re sharing @base’s mission, strategy, and north stars with you because we want you to be part of it

Now is our time – will you join us?

jesse.base.eth

the @base strategy and north stars in one slide

12:30 AM • Sep 7, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Base is for everyone, and we’re inviting everyone to join us on this journey

Why? Because it’s going to take all of us to build the next generation of the internet

jesse.base.eth

quick friday video on how I think about:

- @base's strategy
- our north star metrics
- how you can contribute as a builder

we will go further together.

12:36 AM • Sep 7, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Faster alone, further together

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2:38 PM • Sep 7, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

In 3 months, OᑎᑕᕼᗩIᑎ ᔑᑌᗰᗰEᖇ resulted in:

- $5M+ in onchain revenue for builders, creators, and projects
- 2M+ unique wallets participating in onchain experiences
- 24M+ onchain assets minted

Now, let’s keep bringing the world onchain because ᔑᑌᗰᗰEᖇ NEVER ENDS

Base

After three incredible months, OᑎᑕᕼᗩIᑎ ᔑᑌᗰᗰEᖇ has come to a close

BUT ᔑᑌᗰᗰEᖇ NEVER ENDS

Here’s a look back at some of the highlights that made it unforgettable this year

wallet.coinbase.com/nft/mint/eip15…

12:50 AM • Sep 10, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Base is an Ethereum L2
Base chose ETH as its currency
Base uses Ethereum for settlement
Base leverages Ethereum for data availability
Base relies on Ethereum to determine its state

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2:50 PM • Sep 10, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Still day one

Let’s keep building, creating, connecting, and dreaming together

Coinbase Wallet 🛡️

@CoinbaseWallet

This summer, you created, connected, and competed—all onchain.

Onchain Summer may be over now, but the numbers tell the story. Thanks for diving in.

1:00 AM • Sep 11, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Transcript of @brian_armstrong’s talk at the @GoldmanSachs conference today

With transactions under one second and one cent, @base is the best payment rail globally to date

jesse.base.eth

why @base from @brian_armstrong today

1:43 AM • Sep 11, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Base is:

- Secured by @ethereum
- Empowered by @coinbase
- Open source with @Optimism

Because we believe it’s going to take a massive team effort to bring the world onchain

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3:26 PM • Sep 11, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Base welcomes anyone, any asset, and any community with open arms

Come build the global onchain economy with us

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2:15 PM • Sep 13, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Online = the free flowing of information

Onchain = the free flowing of value/money

8:30 PM • Sep 14, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

In the late 90s and early 2000s, getting online transformed the world

Now, getting onchain will kick off the next transformation, making it easier for everyone to participate in an open, decentralized economy and increasing economic freedom globally

5:45 PM • Sep 15, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Regular reminder that you can find all of our sources of funding, amplification, and tools on the @base Builder Resource Kit :)

base.org

Base | Get Started

Base is a secure, low-cost, builder-friendly Ethereum L2 built to bring the next billion users onchain.

3:28 PM • Sep 17, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Based morning

5:45 PM • Sep 18, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Why is @base the best payment rail to date?

The answer is: LFG

L = low-cost
F = fast
G = global

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11:06 AM • Sep 20, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

At @base, we’re building toward a future where onchain is integrated into every part of someone’s day-to-day existence

We want to give everyone, everywhere a better platform to pay, earn, and live their lives

Base

𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬

“If you had fast, cheap, and global payments, what might that allow you to do?”

— @brian_armstrong's fireside chat at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Technology Conference, brought onchain via @zora

zora.co/collect/base:0…

8:45 PM • Sep 20, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Ethereum is an infinite garden

3:45 PM • Sep 22, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Online = walled gardens

Onchain = an infinite garden

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3:15 PM • Sep 23, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

The reason @base succeeds will be because of based builders around the world

It’s time to build!

Base

Base is going global to build deeper connections with builders around the world

We’re hosting a series of regional buildathons in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and LatAm, with 100 ETH in prizes — and meetups worldwide

base.mirror.xyz/Fk1jnSmh84Mlau…

10:02 PM • Sep 23, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

1M builders and 1B people, onchain

It’s only a vision if you think long term

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3:48 PM • Sep 24, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Base is about playing long term games, lifting each other up, and building something lasting together

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2:10 PM • Sep 25, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Our goal at @base is to bring the top 100 global currencies onchain

This way, everyone can onboard in a way that is familiar to them in their local currencies and benefit from low-cost, faster, and global payments and FX

Excited to see issuers like @idrx_co leading the way

IDRX Stablecoin

@idrx_co

IDRX is building on @base

As one of the first Indonesian stablecoin, pegged 1:1 to the Indonesian Rupiah, IDRX offers security, stability, and reliability.

We are excited to be a part of this growing ecosystem!

11:56 PM • Sep 27, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

The plan?

1M+ builders
1B+ people
1T+ assets

Onchain

jesse.base.eth

the medium term goal for the @base economy is to scale to $1T+ in assets onchain

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12:05 AM • Sep 28, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Base is for everyone who wants to build a better internet, and we’re calling builders around the world to solve problems in their communities onchain

Just build it

jesse.base.eth

quick video on why and how to join based around the world

10:35 PM • Sep 28, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Build in public, so you can build alongside the @base core team and community

10:32 PM • Sep 29, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Onchain is an internet owned by the people, creators, and builders

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3:36 PM • Sep 30, 2024

Consumer Apps / Experiences I Liked

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Launching on @base

Alex Kwon

@startupoppa

new app

cooking a new prediction market for AI startups like OpenAI, Anthropic, and now SSI by @ilyasut

@offmarketfun

2:28 AM • Sep 5, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

The @base team deploying fun hackathon projects onchain

Very bullish

gardo.base.eth

@gardo_martinez

Check out our hackathon project - Onchain Snake

It's just like the OG Snake from your Nokia phone except you can save your score to a global onchain leaderboard (Built on @Base and totally free ofc!)

Check it out and see if you can make the Top 10!

2:00 AM • Sep 6, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Hi @rodeodotclub

Base

𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬

We're posting in-progress work on @rodeodotclub, a new experimental onchain platform

Post what you're working on and earn for every mint

[Onchain Daily Icon Explores | Spring '24] minting for 24 hours

rodeo.club/post/0x96c2E93…

1:12 AM • Sep 11, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

The @D20_Labs/@visitsugartown team has been cooking nonstop and is now here to lead the way with social gaming

Excited for RNPC to launch on @base!

Sugartown

@visitsugartown

Introducing the worldwide release of Royal Nutz Poker Club, D20's first social casino poker game - built on Base and optimized for both Web and Mobile experiences

RNPC will be the first multi-table poker championship game brought onchain, powered by sponsorships.…

9:44 PM • Sep 12, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

At @coinbase, we serve onchain coffee and tea at the office to show folks that the UX is good enough and to make the @base, @CoinbaseWallet, and @slice__so experience EVEN BETTER for everyone

How can we onboard others if we don’t use our own tech?

4:45 PM • Sep 19, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Onchain payments are the OG use case of crypto

For us, @base cafe is an opportunity to let the world know that it is now possible to use crypto for everyday things like coffee with @CoinbaseWallet and @slice__so and to make these products work better with user feedback

Coinbase Singapore

@CoinbaseSG

That’s a wrap for Day 1 at @token2049!

Thank you to everyone who joined us at @base cafe today. We had a blast getting everyone #onchain.

We’ll be open tomorrow starting at 7:30 AM, so come hang out and enjoy a free coffee on us. Find us at MBS Convention Centre, Level 3.

5:00 PM • Sep 19, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

The onchain release of “Vitalik: An Ethereum Story” is here

A 3 year effort led by @ljxie and @zachingrasci, crowdfunded by the @ethereum community, with a full onchain-native distribution

Mint your ticket and stream NOW at

ethereumfilm.xyz

Streaming Ticket

WATCH “VITALIK: AN ETHEREUM STORY” NOW!

Base

Vitalik: An Ethereum Story is a feature documentary chronicling @VitalikButerin and Ethereum’s community of builders as they fight for an open internet accessible to all

Mint your onchain ticket to stream the film

ethereumfilm.xyz

10:00 PM • Sep 20, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Need more frictionless onboarding experiences like @sofamon_xyz’s to bring the world onchain

cygaar

@0xCygaar

I often talk about building better crypto experiences, but what does that look like?

It looks like this flow from @sofamon_xyz.

Mobile friendly, login with Google, pay with ETH, credit card, or Apple Pay (all powered by Stripe).

This is the experience that users deserve.

3:47 PM • Sep 24, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

It’s finally here

So excited to have @WeArePlanetMojo games including Mojo Melee, GoGo Mojo, Mojo Maker, and the upcoming Prophecy of the Ancients launch on @base!

Planet Mojo 🌱

@WeArePlanetMojo

REVEALING: The Base Chest Mint

The wait is over: Planet Mojo is bringing you a FREE NEW MINT on @base—exclusively for Coinbase Smart Wallet users!

These chests are our way to welcome the Base community to the Planet Mojo gaming ecosystem

Which rare new NFT will you…

11:34 PM • Sep 25, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Memes are about to get a lot more fun on @base

rug.fun

@rugdotfun

we’re launching a brand new game, unlike anything you’ve seen before. memecoins are about to get a lot more rug.fun

but first, meet Dotto. Dotto is important to the game

collect Dotto and get ahead. you’ll unlock special advantages and priority access when we…

12:40 AM • Sep 26, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Onboarded a local artist with @CoinbaseWallet and minted an artwork on Onchain Vision in <60s

With Smart Wallet and @base, you can now create a significant aha moment for anyone just coming onchain – one they can experience right away

Who will you onboard this weekend?

3:30 PM • Sep 27, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

It’s time to update the system

Not because it’ll be easy, but because there’s hard work to do – and we’re going to do it the right way despite the unknowns

Thank you @AtriumNft, @CC0_Studios, @Anaroth__, @0xLawl, and @phuncal for portraying the @base mindset

Base

𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬

Update the System: A short film from @AtriumNft, presented by @CC0_Studios

“Sometimes, embracing the unknown is the only way forward.”

Written by @Anaroth__ and @0xLawl, animated by @phuncal, and minting on @zora

zora.co/collect/base:0…

11:28 PM • Sep 30, 2024

Infrastructure Updates

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

If you want to have signature-less experiences with no wallet pop-ups for your consumer app on @base: @OnchainKit + @coinbase Smart Wallet session keys are the answer

jesse.base.eth

just built a 10x better onchain feed in 4 hours

the combination of @base, @OnchainKit, and @coinbase smart wallet session keys are insanely powerful — new onchain UX paradigm unlocked

4:17 AM • Sep 4, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Less clicks, more adoption

@OnchainKit + @coinbase Smart Wallet session keys are going to be a huge unlock for consumer apps on @base

nick.base.eth 🛡

@Nick_Prince12

every click a user makes in a consumer app is a miracle (h/t @nikitabier )

session keys enable onchain apps to break out with far fewer miracles required

truly a fundamental upgrade for onchain UX

4:18 AM • Sep 4, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Can’t stop, won’t stop scaling @base

Base

Introducing Scaling Base, a new series documenting our technical progress towards making Base accessible to all

To start, we're detailing our plan to achieve 1 Mgas/s increases each week, and sharing our approach as we near the upcoming Ethereum upgrade

base.mirror.xyz/6NDvVKw8x5obo3…

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1:46 AM • Sep 5, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Session keys unlock experiences that keep all of the unique properties of wallets (e.g. self-custody, data portability) without sacrificing on UX compared to web2:

- Sign in and never see mention of a wallet again
- High-frequency transactions (e.g. gaming, social)
- Background…

Brian Armstrong

@brian_armstrong

Session keys for Base are a big deal

The owner of a wallet no longer needs to manually approve each transaction. They can set a pre-approved limit for each app, and the app can perform transactions in their behalf.

This unlocks various use cases.

First, user actions (imagine…

11:37 PM • Sep 8, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Remember Frame Friday?

It’s that time again – go pin frames on your @base name profile!

Base

It’s been one month since Basenames launched, and we’re about to hit half a million Basenames claimed

Now we're launching Frames, which let you do things like get paid, sell with @slice, get subscriptions to your @hypersubxyz, and so much more — all directly from your Basename…

9:05 PM • Sep 20, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Frames + Basenames = a 10x more powerful onchain Linktree

New distribution channel for @base builders unlocked

Create yours:

base.org

Basenames

Basenames are a core onchain building block that enables anyone to establish their identity on Base by registering human-readable names for their address(es). They are a fully onchain solution which...

jesse.base.eth

a quick overview of:

1. why we added frames to basenames
2. how to make your basename your onchain linktree

it seems small, but this is the start of something big.

5:53 PM • Sep 22, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

With Basenames, you can pin your @paragraph_xyz newsletter as a frame and let people one-click subscribe without ever leaving the site

Frames are like magic and will be major for @base builders, creators, and artists to share their work

Try it out @ base.org/name/dave

12:18 AM • Sep 23, 2024

David Tso (dave.base.eth) 🛡️

Tomorrow, @base will be boosting the per block gas target from 10 → 11 Mgas/s as part of our planned scaling efforts to increase the Base gas target by 1 Mgas/s each week

We’ll continue to make onchain accessible and affordable for everyone until the whole world can participate…

Base