william

base @coinbase, prev: @uwaterloo, @avalabs, @aptoslabs, @foundryservices, @mlhacks

[william @wlaw_]

yummy

a refreshed look and feel that reflects what I've been building lately
https://t.co/onuZBeCKlp

[Eric (ericliu.base.eth) @dmericliu]

@base v2 snapshots are live 🔵

- mainnet snapshots shrank from ~7TB → ~3.2TB due to a new chunked, better-compressed schema
- sync times cut from ~5hr → ~2hr
- pruned nodes land ~1TB

if you run a base node, migrate before the mid-august MDBX hard limit deadline - https://t.co/jP7S7rau1l

credit: @wlaw_ @0xBoneyBoi 🙏

[Base @base]

Base Azul is officially live on mainnet

This upgrade makes Base even faster and more secure

Making it ready to be the home of global finance

[Danyal Prout @danyalprout]

Azul is now live on mainnet. Thanks for building on Base, from the team who builds Base.

[wilson.base.eth @WilsonCusack]

A new, unified stack for Base Chain

Excited to share that we are evolving our technical roadmap, consisting of our own spec, code, and infra to accelerate the foundation of Base. This shift gives us the autonomy to ship protocol improvements more frequently and focus our resources on scaling to 1 gigagas/s.

What this means for builders:

- Higher Velocity: Targeting 6 hardforks per year to get you new features and fixes faster.
- Massive Scale: Targeting 1 gigagas/s to support high-throughput apps without congestion.
- Extreme Reliability: Targeting 99.99% non-empty blocks and predictable, low fees.
- Simpler Design: A maximally simple spec that’s easier to audit and build on.

Along with this, we will take a more active role in managing our own upgrade schedule and stack: allowing us to build what the ecosystem needs, at the speed it needs, while remaining deeply aligned with Ethereum.

Read the full technical breakdown here: https://t.co/5gVnhgh2Q5

[william @wlaw_]

Excited to have participated in my first OP-stack hard fork by contributing to the Minimum Base Fee and seeing it go live!

[william @wlaw_]

Excited to have participated in my first OP-stack hard fork by contributing to the Minimum Base Fee and seeing it go live!

[Optimism @Optimism]

Upgrade 17 is complete and sets the stage for the Jovian Hard Fork, activating on L2 today.

Here’s a closer look at what’s included 🧵

[boney @0xBoneyBoi]

. @base recently scaled 2x in 30 days - (https://t.co/NqarVBzjSM

Fees are down, TPS is up, and we're seeing some interesting (and healthy) gas market behaviour. The recent $JESSE launch highlighted a lot of the workings

[Anika Raghuvanshi @AnikaRaghu]

The first block on Base sequenced by Reth: https://t.co/pJjgcvPy8u

This is a huge scaling win, as we've seen Reth to be significantly more performant than Geth, and moving the sequencer removes one of the last dependencies on Geth.

Bigger scaling update & more exciting things coming in the next 24 hrs.

[william @wlaw_]

Introducing zkSDK: A flexible way to create zero-knowledge (zk) applications tailored to any ZK backend.

This was a thesis for my @UWaterloo undergrad.

[Jacob @jacobeverly]

A Framework for ZK-Agnostic Apps!

As proving costs drop, multi-prover backends become more viable for security. We’ll need lightweight frameworks like this to make integrating them seamless.

[william @wlaw_]

personal update: im excited to be coming back to @coinbase to start my career working on @base and helping to bring the world economy onchain

[william @wlaw_]

This was my first time doing academic research, and I would like to thank @Amin0x443 and Prof. Bernard Wong for taking the time to supervise, mentor, and provide guidance throughout this journey.

[william @wlaw_]

Introducing zkSDK: A flexible way to create zero-knowledge (zk) applications tailored to any ZK backend.

This was a thesis for my @UWaterloo undergrad.

[william @wlaw_]

The zkSDK is comprised of the compiler, benchmarks, and dynamic selection packages. Initially, we supported @RiscZero and @Consensys GNARK as the backends for the proof-of-concept.

Learn more about how it works:
https://t.co/Zd5bqemmEr

[william @wlaw_]

personal update: im excited to be coming back to @coinbase to start my career working on @base and helping to bring the world economy onchain

[Evanss6 @Evan_ss6]

https://t.co/zUG0vs7hG7

[patrickogrady.xyz @_patrickogrady]

Introducing Minimmit: Fast Finality with Even Faster Blocks

A different take on propose-and-vote consensus, Minimmit optimizes for faster blocks instead of a crash fault tolerant "slow path".

[Nemil Dalal @nemild]

I don't think we talk enough about how amazing @UWaterloo is and what even top computer science programs can learn from them.

@chintanturakhia and I left a chat with Coinbase's recruiting team saying "more Waterloo" for new eng hires and interns.

Here's why 🧵