The Power of Onchain: Updating the System with Jesse Pollak, Creator of Base

In this episode, we’re joined by Jesse Pollak, the Creator of Base. Our conversation dives into the details behind moving Coinbase onchain, building Base as a ‘company within a company’, and combining the strengths of Coinbase and Optimism to create a global onchain economy. 

We speak about Base’s lean and engineering-driven team structure, the purpose of economic alliances between chains, pioneering governance strategies, standardising metrics in the industry, and the paradigm shift that building onchain enables for decision-making, product development, and more efficient business operations. 

Tune in for a great discussion about the fundamentals of Base and building onchain.

Let's get Jesse bald! https://letsgetjessebald.com/

Base's dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/base

Onchain Summer: https://base.mirror.xyz/HoH9cZVi8CMdvxVUNjvOzceUPVQcVZvvkf8ZbCOVOco

BaseCamp 001: https://base.mirror.xyz/GL6dd2CfZuG3dVd_jZAZJLjYP8h7NRk0falVV6O7RqQ

Base: https://www.base.org/

Jesse on X: https://x.com/jessepollak

Base on X: https://x.com/base

Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:52 Let’s get Jesse bald!

03:07 Why build Base as a company within a company?

05:44 Is Base to Coinbase what AWS is to Amazon?

06:20 The future of compute: Onchain and serverless

10:40 From legacy systems to onchain: a practical approach

13:40 What makes DAOs powerful?

16:22 Team composition and hiring at Base

24:49 Standardizing metrics in the industry

25:44 Introduction to the Superchain ecosystem

27:14 The importance of interoperability and asset fungibility

31:16 The economic arrangement between Base and Optimism

33:17 Base as the hub of the onchain economy

37:24 Coinbase x Optimism: An iconic duo

38:04 Governance as a differentiator with L2s

45:18 Leveraging onchain data for growth and decision making

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