# 101 Guide for Newcomers to Base

By [Tso Thoughts](https://paragraph.com/@cryptso) · 2024-11-26

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### 101 Guide

If you’re coming to Base for the first time, here are 10 cool apps to try, 10 ways to earn onchain, 10 communities to join, and 10 articles to read:

### 10 Cool Apps to Try

\- [drakula.app](http://drakula.app): viral videos meet viral coins

\- [moshi.cam](http://moshi.cam): customizable polaroids

\- [rodeo.club](http://rodeo.club): experimental artworks

\- [zora.co](http://zora.co): post for fun earn for real

\- [warpcast.com](http://warpcast.com): programmable social network

\- [blackbird.xyz](http://blackbird.xyz): IRL restaurant passes

\- [onboard.xyz](http://onboard.xyz): universal financial platform

\- [aerodrome.finance](http://aerodrome.finance): trading and liquidity marketplace

\- [frenpet.xyz](http://frenpet.xyz): casual and idle game

\- [blocklords.com](http://blocklords.com): action and strategy game

### 10 Ways to Earn Onchain

\- [warpcast.com/~/channel/base-builds](http://warpcast.com/~/channel/base-builds): building

\- [tokemak.xyz](http://tokemak.xyz): ETH yield

\- [pendle.finance](http://pendle.finance): BTC yield

\- [morpho.org](http://morpho.org), [aave.com](http://aave.com): lending

\- [seamlessprotocol.com](http://seamlessprotocol.com), [definitive.fi](http://definitive.fi): looping

\- [arcadia.finance](https://arcadia.finance/), [extrafi.io](http://extrafi.io): leveraged LPing

\- [harvest.finance](http://harvest.finance) x [moonwell.fi](http://moonwell.fi), [toros.finance](http://toros.finance) x [synthetix.io](http://synthetix.io): auto-compounding yield

\- [interface.social](http://interface.social), [frens.lol](http://frens.lol): copy trading

\- [virtuals.io](http://virtuals.io), [clanker.world](http://clanker.world): AI launchpad

\- [wow.xyz](http://wow.xyz), [ape.store](http://ape.store): token launchpad

### 10 Communities to Join

\- [base.org/discord](http://base.org/discord): Base Discord

\- [basegod.fun](http://basegod.fun): Disciples of B

\- [warpcast.com/callusfbi](http://warpcast.com/callusfbi): global founders

\- [joincompass.fun](http://joincompass.fun): consumer builders

\- [warpcast.com/latenightonbase](http://warpcast.com/latenightonbase): podcasts and spaces

\- [fwb.help](http://fwb.help): creatives and builders

\- [yellowcollective.xyz](http://yellowcollective.xyz): creators

\- [paragraph.xyz](http://paragraph.xyz): writers

\- [cooprecords.xyz](http://cooprecords.xyz): artists

\- [pods.media](http://pods.media): podcasters

### 10 Articles to Read

\- Base’s strategy by Jesse Pollak: [x.com/jessepollak/status/1832116465664954824](http://x.com/jessepollak/status/1832116465664954824)

\- How to be based by Jesse Pollak: [x.com/jessepollak/status/1753110080659259449](http://x.com/jessepollak/status/1753110080659259449)

\- Everyone is a builder by Jesse Pollak: [x.com/jessepollak/status/1786803800331952583](http://x.com/jessepollak/status/1786803800331952583)

\- Base’s 2024 mission, strategy, and roadmap: [base.mirror.xyz/Ouwm--AtTIVyz40He3FxI0fDAC05lOQwN6EzFMD\_2UM](http://base.mirror.xyz/Ouwm--AtTIVyz40He3FxI0fDAC05lOQwN6EzFMD_2UM)

\- The genesis of Base: [zora.co/collect/base:0xaaf6f699f1136c41dcf81735d483122683d69a64/1](http://zora.co/collect/base:0xaaf6f699f1136c41dcf81735d483122683d69a64/1)

\- Based memes: [zora.co/collect/base:0x556d931c44ea4dbdf172e99ffaf14f8a62bf6788/1](http://zora.co/collect/base:0x556d931c44ea4dbdf172e99ffaf14f8a62bf6788/1)

\- What’s happening at Coinbase by Alana Levin: [www.backoftheenvelope.xyz/p/whats-happening-at-coinbase](https://www.backoftheenvelope.xyz/p/whats-happening-at-coinbase)

\- The Read Write Own manifesto by Chris Dixon: [a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/read-write-own-intro/](http://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/read-write-own-intro/)

\- Onchain by Jacob Horne: [jacob.energy/onchain.html](http://jacob.energy/onchain.html)

\- Making Ethereum alignment legible by Vitalik Buterin: [vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/09/28/alignment.html](http://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/09/28/alignment.html)

### Welcome to Base

Welcome to the global onchain economy that increases innovation, creativity, and freedom. 🔵

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*Originally published on [Tso Thoughts](https://paragraph.com/@cryptso/welcome-to-base)*