# Why we're building on Base

> The infrastructure behind your path to property ownership.

**Published by:** [OpenHouse](https://paragraph.com/@openhouse/)
**Published on:** 2026-01-03
**Categories:** rwa, tokenisation, real-estate, property, base, yield, investing
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@openhouse/why-were-building-on-base

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We're quite frequently get asked why we're building on Base. Why not Ethereum, or Solana, or one of the other chains? For us it's pretty simple and the obvious choice: Base is where we see the future of real-world assets is being built. It costs almost nothing to use When you buy shares in a property or receive your monthly rent, that transaction costs a few cents. On other networks, you could pay $5, $10, or more. When our minimum investment is $20, fees matter. Every dollar saved is a dollar that goes into your property portfolio, or stays in your rental income earnings. Coinbase built it Coinbase is a public company. They are regulated. They are not going anywhere. When you own property tokens that you plan to hold for years or decades, you want the infrastructure underneath them to still exist. Base has the backing to be around for the long term. Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong Here are our top priorities for 2026 at Coinbase: 1) Grow the everything exchange globally (crypto, equities, prediction markets, commodities - across spot, futures, and options) 2) Scale stablecoins and payments 3) Bring the world onchain through @CoinbaseDev, @base chain, 3,369 22:32 • 1 Jan 2026 It works Base processes millions of transactions every day. It doesn't go down and it doesn't get congested during busy periods. For something as important as property ownership records and rental payments - reliability is everything. The ecosystem is growing More developers are building on Base than almost any other network right now. More users are joining. More capital is flowing in. That growth means more liquidity for secondary markets, more integrations, and more opportunities for OpenHouse investors over time. We're essentially building where the momentum is and where growth will happen.What this means for you You probably will not think about Base very often. That's because we believe the technology should disappear into the background while you focus on what matters: owning property, earning rent, and building wealth over time. Base lets us deliver that experience at a smaller cost and speed that would not be possible elsewhere.Share your referral link. When your friend joins the waitlist and invests $100 when we launch, you both get $20.Maximising Your Earnings with Our Holiday Referral Program.Share your link. When your friend joins the waitlist and invests $100 when we launch, you both get $20.https://paragraph.com

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