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The builder path isn’t always linear, so I’ve collected helpful things to make your ride smoother. These aren’t just docs, they’re tools put together by people who want to see you win!
Whether you're a beginner or a veteran, everything here is built to make your path to onchain success smoother and more fun. Here’s how to get started building on Base:
Set up your home base and start building on Base. Whether you're deploying to mainnet or testnet, these tools will help you get started quickly.
Review Base Website and the Base Builder Website created for you
Use Base Mainnet or Base Sepolia Testnet
Get access to free RPC endpoints available through these Node Providers
Bridge assets from Ethereum using Base Bridge
Testnet ETH is available via a large selection of
Start building with the Base quickstart guide
No matter your experience level, Base has learning pathways to help you grow as an onchain builder.
Beginners - Base Learn: Your go-to learning hub for smart contract development. Whether you’re new to coding or expanding your skills, Base Learn offers guided lessons across EVM-compatible chains. Complete modules to earn NFTs that showcase your progress.
Experienced Builders - Base Bootcamp: Base Bootcamp is an eight-week, cohort-based program to turn experienced developers into smart contract developers. Get more information here and apply here
Whether you’re learning smart contracts for the first time or debugging production apps, these guides and tools meet you where you are.
The Builder Services Hub: Discounts on software and services that help Base projects ship faster, scale growth and build onchain.
OnchainKit: Frontend components for wallet connection, balances, and transactions. Anyone can build an onchain app in 15 minutes with OnchainKit. No blockchain experience required.
MiniKit: MiniKit is the easiest way to build Mini Apps on Base, without needing to know the details of the SDK implementation.
Agentkit: Everything needed to create autonomous agents that can perform sophisticated blockchain operations.
Paymaster: Let your app cover gas fees for users, perfect for onboarding
Smart Wallet: A passkey-enabled smart contract wallet with no seed phrase required
Onramp: Embed fiat-to-crypto checkout directly in your app
Flashblocks: Build low-latency apps with access to pre-confirmation block data
Basenames: Onchain usernames like you.base.eth to make onchain identity easy
Coinbase commerce: To accept crypto payments on your app
Base MCP: A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides onchain tools for AI applications like Claude Desktop and Cursor, allowing them to interact with the Base Network and Coinbase API.
Infra and Analytics
BaseScan and other Block explorers: Inspect contracts and transactions
Dune and Artemis and: Analytics platforms for onchain metrics and insights
Pinata and NFT.storage: IPFS storage for media, metadata, and NFTs
Chainlink and other Oracles: Decentralized oracles for prices, randomness, and external data
Account Abstraction tools
Identity and Social Tools
Guides
Base Launch Playbook: Whether you're launching your first smart contract or scaling a big idea, the Launch Playbook is your friendly companion for going from zero to onchain. It walks you through everything from tokens to full apps, with step-by-step support, no-code tools like DappBuilder, and community-backed strategies to help you succeed. It's approachable, empowering, and packed with real-world insights from builders like you.
Thinking Social: A blueprint for designing social mini‑apps that people love to revisit.
AI Prompting: Leverage AI tools effectively in your coding workflow. These strategies will help you get better results and integrate AI smoothly into your development process.
Statuette
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Very informative ☀️
I made this video sometime last year, talking about how to get started on @base.base.eth, and honestly, it’s still very much relevant today. If you’re new to Base or just about to dive in, welcome! Please take a moment to go through the write-up below to get properly onboarded and positioned with Base. First off, Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 offering a secure, low-cost, and builder-friendly way for anyone, anywhere to build onchain. Simply put, Base is building a global onchain economy to increase creativity, innovation, and freedom, and wants everyone to be part of it. It’s about experiencing true freedom, ownership of your content, and fair rewards for the work and impact you create👌🏾 Who is it for? Base is for everyone; both technical and non-technical. With Base, everyone is a builder. You can read more about Base at base.org. Next steps: - A comprehensive getting started guide by @statuette: https://paragraph.com/@statuette/build-on-base-guide - Get your Base name: base.org/names - Follow @jesse.base.eth, @crypticpoet, @ali-sharafi, @dtso, @nibel, and other top Base voices: https://x.com/i/lists/1869425408573075694/members - Go through the Base style guide to help you communicate in a unified voice: https://github.com/base-org/brand-kit/blob/main/guides/editorial-style-guide.md - Get on the @baseapp.base.eth beta (TBA), fill this waitlist form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdw6h8Q19e8POhDMSCicemjVAb3KCBDtPNS5HDi09KQcI9wRw/viewform or send me a DM to get a quick access code. - Join the Base West African community: https://t.me/onchainbuilders/16874 Dev Perks If you’re a technical builder, @talent gives out 2 ETH per week to the top 100 most impactful builders. Learn more about it here: https://x.com/talentprotocol/status/1906776042083078163?s=46&t=tWDl2ZcTO42DoB_L21cgFg, and feel free to reach out to @juampi for more guidance. Other Perks If you’re already building on Base and active on X, join the Base Voices initiative: https://app.gmtribe.xyz/base, support other builders, help Base projects go viral, and get rewarded for your impact.
PS: Day 3 of yapping about @base.base.eth and @baseapp.base.eth beta for the content creator challenge by @kingmessang
Way to go!
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Build on @base.base.eth Guide: Essential steps to get started on Base
This is fantastic, Statuette! Saved. 50 $degens