THE PROTOCOL: Jesse Pollak Discusses Base, Optimism, and the Evolving Landscape of Layer 2 Solutions
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🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
A Preview to ETH Denver, hosts delve into strategies aimed at democratizing Ethereum accessibility for all attendees, ensuring inclusivity across the community.
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In this installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk, welcome Jesse Pollak, the Creator of Base and Head of Protocols, as a guest host. Together, they delve into topics such as Decentralized Governance, Fraud Proofs, Security, and other relevant discussions leading up to ETH DENVER.
Takeaways |
- Base has made significant progress in reducing fees and improving wallets and identity infrastructure.
- The rise and fall of FriendTech showcased the challenges of building consumer social products on-chain.
- The partnership with the Optimism Foundation has allowed Base to contribute to decentralized governance and receive OP tokens.
- The launch of smart wallets aims to simplify the user experience and make on-chain transactions more accessible.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Protocol is sponsored by the Stellar Community Fund. |
| 0:07.5 | Dive deep into the blockchain realm with the protocol podcast, with CoinDesk founding editor of the protocol newsletter, Brad Cowan and tech journalists, Sam Kessler and Margo Nykirk. |
| 0:18.8 | They unravel the intricate technologies powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, one block at a time. Just a reminder, CoinDesk is a news source and does not provide investment advice. |
| 0:33.9 | Hello and welcome to the Protocol podcast. I'm Brad Count here with my-hosts, Margo Nykirk and Sam Kessler. |
| 0:41.0 | Excited to dive into today's show with the latest news and developments in technology behind crypto and blockchains. |
| 0:47.3 | First, please do not forget to subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Protocol on CoinDesk.com. |
| 0:54.0 | And now let's get right into, we have a pretty |
| 0:57.0 | incredible guest today. Jesse Pollack. Welcome, Jesse. He is the creator of Bass, |
| 1:03.2 | which is Coinbase's layer two. We spoke with Jesse last year when you launched Base. And that was a pretty cool interview when you're just getting going. |
| 1:14.0 | We're going to just get an update from you on how everything's going at base. |
| 1:17.0 | But real quick, you know, Eith Denver for the Ethereum's out there, Margo and Sam are both headed out there. |
| 1:25.9 | Jesse, you're going to be there too, right? Yeah, I'll be there. |
| 1:29.1 | And, you know, we just passed the one year anniversary of when we announced base. We launched it |
| 1:34.7 | the Thursday before East Denver last year. And then we were on the ground in East Denver last |
| 1:39.4 | year. And it really felt like kind of a coming out party for us in terms of getting to tell |
| 1:43.6 | people what we were doing |
| 1:44.6 | and kind of the vision that we had for the future. And it's so cool to be here now a year later |
| 1:49.0 | and to be, you know, getting ready to head to eat Denver tomorrow where I'll be there all |
| 1:53.2 | week and feel like we've really accomplished a lot of our initial vision in the first year. And |
| 1:58.4 | obviously we're just getting started, but I'm excited to |
| 2:00.8 | see everyone in person and get to have a bunch of conversations about how we continue to bring the |
| 2:05.7 | world on, James. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's so fascinating. Just one year, you know, it seems like we've |
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