Base Batches 002 helps founders from anywhere accelerate their journey
We have two tracks; one for existing businesses and another for new ideas:
Startup Track - Teams with live products who are taking the next step:
1. Apply to Base Batches
2. Interview with the Base team
3. Present live at demo day from @EFDevcon
Builder Track - Teams who have an idea or are at the start of their journey:
1. Join the Batches Hackathon
2. The top 100 teams are admitted to incubase
3. Gain access to virtual mentorship, feedback, and launch support
This Week on Base 🟦:
⚡️ Global & Ecosystem
■ @coinbase launched DEX trading for all U.S. users, with millions of Base assets now tradable directly in the Coinbase app, providing instant access to tokens moments after launch.
■ @virtuals_io launched Unicorn merit-based tokenization, a new AI agent launch system with open market participation from Day 1 and conviction-based rewards.
■ @zora listed on Robinhood with $ZORA now available for mainstream retail trading, expanding Base ecosystem access.
■ @mamo integrated Chainlink price feeds with MAMO-USD feed live for trusted real-time pricing across the Base ecosystem.
■ @wasabi_protocol enabled AI agent margin trading for non-U.S. users who can now margin trade agents within Virtuals Protocol with leverage.
🛠 Builders & Launches
■ @base announced Onchain Summer Awards winners with 500+ projects submitting for $200K in prizes across 4 categories, with winners receiving $25K to $2.5K.
■ @sportfun unveiled https://t.co/uugsxI7VBs platform, an onchain sports prediction app covering football, American football, and basketball with pack trading.
■ @newfound8ion unveiled newOS, a personal AI operating system with individual memory, identity, and wallet integration.
■ @openmind_agi launched FABRIC Identity Network, a verifiable trust layer for humans and robots with 180,000+ participants onboarded.
■ @ArAIstotle brought TIME's Best Inventions to Base as the AI fact-checking agent recognized by TIME Magazine 2024 expanded to Base through Virtuals Protocol.
■ @flaunchgg launched Flaunch Groups where any Base token can be imported to create onchain economies where users share in token upside.
■ @blupryntco completed international KYI pilot, the first Know-Your-Issuer pilot demonstrated to Brazil's central bank and regulators.
Builders push forward. The onchain future grows stronger each week.
Onchain founders are getting funded by @ycombinator
They just put out a new request for onchain startups
The future of finance is being built in crypto: Stablecoins, tokenized assets, trading, apps, AI agents, and more
Base is doing things the right way: an L2 on top of Ethereum, that uses its centralized features to provide stronger UX features, while still being tied into Ethereum's decentralized base layer for security.
Base does not have custody over your funds, they cannot steal funds or stop you from withdrawing funds (this is part of the L2beat stage 1 definition).
You can see Base's status as an L2 on l2beat: https://t.co/bBrvnbxSgD
I feel like many people have been confused by recent cynicism and think that things like L2beat are a weird sort of nerd-sharia compliance authority. This is NOT what is going on. The security that L2s provide, that L2beat measures, reflects concrete properties that protect you as a user from being rugged.
Here is an explanation of how, if an L2 shuts down, users are automatically able to withdraw funds even without that L2's involvement:
https://t.co/r3EF8lhTEl
Here is an example of how L2s prevent the operator from censoring transactions, that happened on Soneium earlier this year:
https://t.co/Pi0InKekbZ
This is what we mean when we say that L2s are non-custodial, they are extensions of ethereum, not glorified servers that happen to submit hashes. There are concrete pathways implemented in smart contract logic on Ethereum L1, that have been successfully used in the wild, that ensure that the L2 users' funds are ultimately controlled by L1, they cannot be stolen or blocked by the L2 operator.
Base is beginning to explore a network token
We’re in the early phases of exploration, and don’t have any specifics to share around timing, design, or governance. We’re committed to bringing the community along with us, and building in the open.
why i build on @base? 🟦
- consumer-first DNA
i started at hackathons a couple years ago, and Base was already offering bounties for consumer apps, perfect for us as we loved building things people actually use. they know how to support builders like us.
- team full of builders & founders
led by @jessepollak (his energy is unreal), the Base team is stacked with ex-founders, top-tier builders and connectors (@Dylan_Steck@davidtsocy@sohey_eth@CryptoStatuette@XenBH@chintanturakhia@therymac@brad_or_bradley@0xyoussea@0xEricBrown and many more who’ve supported me over the past year 🙏)
- distribution built-in
they bet early on @farcaster_xyz and helped shape this whole miniapp wave, now builders have real reach, and products can go viral
We shipped Flashblocks on Base Chain in July, making transactions 10x faster by reducing effective block times from 2 seconds to 200ms
Our engineering team put together a technical deep dive of the work it took
In the spirit of building in public we're sharing more about the Flashblocks architecture on @base, the challenges we encountered, and what we learned shipping sub-second transactions
Read the full blog 🧵
When you post on @baseapp under the hood, lots of things are happening so you can get distribution and earn.
1- Your post gets shared to @farcaster_xyz, a decentralized network
2/ If you’ve enabled it, a coin is created using @zora , we're deploying a smart contract you own (and we're cover the cost of creation you)
3/ We allow you to upload media up to 2GB and store it on IPFS
4/ Mentions, tags, links and all the context needs to be supported and render seamlessly
Basically, multiple steps, signatures, and validations are happening in the background. And we just shipped a wave of improvements to all of this. The result? On the latest version (29.56), coin creation errors are down to just 0.19%.
Lots of invisible progress, and a lots more to come to make posting feel faster and more reliable.
💡最优秀的 Builder 从不孤军奋战。
Base 生态正在快速增长,下一波爆款应用将来自在正确时间获得正确支持的团队。
Base 推出 Base Mentorship Program:为高潜力项目匹配顶级导师,涵盖产品、Mini App、设计、增长、市场��商业战略和用户获取等多个方向。
🏄 首批导师已就位,准备携手推动下一代 Base 应用。
👉 想成为 Base Builder 的导师?欢迎申请:
https://t.co/utJueXHqiy
The best builders don’t go it alone.
Base is growing fast, and the next wave of breakout apps will come from teams getting the right support at the right time.
Introducing the Base Mentorship Program. We’re pairing high-potential projects with top operators in product, mini apps, design, growth, marketing, business strategy, and user acquisition.
Meet the first mentors:
Alok Vasudev (@AlokVasudev): Standard Crypto
Dariush Aghai: Study Hall Creative
David Espinel (@0x_Mist): Social Graph Ventures
Ian Dutra (@its_iLan): a16z crypto
Jack Gorman (@jphackworth42): Variant
Jakub Rusiecki (@jakub_rusiecki): 1kx
Jay Drain Jr (@jay_drainjr): a16z crypto
Jonathan Wu (@jonwu_): Asylum Ventures
Katie Chiou (@katiewav): Archetype
Maria Shen (@MariaShen): Electric Capital
Mark Beylin (@beylin): Haun Ventures
Mike Tomaino (@yekiM_o): 1confirmation
Nick Tomaino (@NTmoney): 1confirmation
Nina Suthers (@NinaSuthers): Variant
Simone “Limone” Staffa (@limone_eth): Builders Garden
Winnie Lau (@winnielaux): Strobe Ventures
Building a mini app? This is your chance to shine.
Mini apps that works inside of the Base App (even new ones) can win $25K from our Onchain Summer Awards. Winners will also receive BaseCamp⁰⁰² invites to showcase their work on stage.
Learn more 👇
Currencies, all around the world, onchain 🌐
Over the last few years, we’ve seen builders create products, grow communities, and drive real use for local currencies. But there’s more ground to cover. If you’re building onchain, we think these markets have huge opportunity:
🇰🇷 KRW
🇯🇵 JPY
🇹🇭 THB
🇮🇶 IQD
🇻🇳 VND
🇮🇳 INR
🇵🇰 PKR
🇲🇾 MYR
🇪🇬 EGP
Want to bring your country onchain? Comment below and let us know what you're working on
If you're in the beta, check your earnings. We just sent out this week's Creator Rewards.
Over 3,000 creators received over $12,000 in USDC, sent straight to their wallets, just for showing up and creating.
Your Basename is your onchain identity, and in the past year over 750K+ people have claimed theirs.
One person secured theirs for 201 years(!) but if you chose the default settings, yours might be expiring soon.
On @baseapp, creators earn when people engage with their content. Every time a post is bought or sold, the creator earns a fee that goes straight to their wallet.
Starting today, Base will begin supporting creators within this new global economy by collecting coined content.
🚨 Breaking: @brian_armstrong, CEO of @Coinbase just dropped the alpha LIVE on their earnings call
Starting next week, DEX integration goes live inside the Coinbase app
That means: • Millions of tokens
• No more waiting on listings
• Every Base project, instantly tradable
• Fully onchain access for everyone
This is huge for @base builders and beyond
The one-stop crypto shop is becoming real, the everything exchange, and it’s all happening onchain