# This Week on Base: Onchain sculptures, offline identity, Ethereum’s newest upgrade, and memes from FarCon

**Published by:** [This Week on Base](https://paragraph.com/@thisweekonbase/)
**Published on:** 2025-05-09
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@thisweekonbase/05-05-22

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Collective creativity, onchainWhat happens when you turn creativity into a living, breathing, onchain experiment? Enter Monolith, a dynamic onchain sculpture that’s part collaborative prompt machine, part social contract, and part marketplace. It invites anyone, anywhere, to co-create and shape something new together. This is the kind of collective experiment that only works onchain, and it’s opening the door to new forms of digital expression. teto @tetonotsorry □ Introducing: Monolith An AI sculpture fueled by collaboration, speculation and aesthetic. Now live on @base 75 9:09 AM • May 8, 2025 Identity without the internetAlways-on connectivity isn’t a guarantee. That’s where OfflineID comes in:An identity layer that works peer-to-peer, with zero internet or cell service.Portable, resilient, and designed for places the cloud can’t reach.In a world where networks fail or just don’t exist, OfflineID makes sure identity and connection stay alive.FarCon + Boys Club: The Base Loft comes to lifeLast week at FarCon, the Base Loft transformed into a hub for onchain explorers. New apps. New ideas. New ways of thinking about what the onchain future looks like. Base @base One week ago, the Base Loft came to life at FarCon. New apps. New ideas. Building an onchain future. 116 8:42 AM • May 9, 2025 Boys Club joined the party and asked the only question that really matters: What’s your favorite meme? Base @base Base is for memes. Base is for @BoysClubWorld. The Boys Club crew pulled up to FarCon to ask the only question that matters: What’s your favorite meme?" 302 12:50 PM • May 5, 2025 Ethereum just leveled up — and so did BaseThe Pectra upgrade just went live on Ethereum, and the ripple effects are already transforming Base and the entire Optimism Superchain. What does this mean for you?Smarter wallets → fewer clicks, smoother transactions, and a simpler experience across the board.2x blob capacity → lower fees, even when your favorite apps start to blow up with traffic.This is one of those “under the hood” moments that unlocks big improvements across the ecosystem. Faster, cheaper, and easier to be onchain. Base @base Base just got faster, cheaper, and easier to use Smarter wallets → fewer clicks, smoother transactions 2x blob capacity → lower fees, even when apps take off Built on Ethereum, built on the Superchain optimism.eth @Optimism The Superchain has upgraded. Pectra landed on Ethereum L1 on Wednesday. Today, just 48 hours later, the Superchain becomes the first L2 ecosystem to turn it on: together. 324 9:48 AM • May 9, 2025 As always, this is just a slice of what’s happening onchain. Around the world, people are building, creating, and reshaping what the internet can be — and it’s happening on Base.

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