Ɛnnɛ, yɛn ani agye sɛ yɛde Testnet a yɛde bɛba Base, Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) ntwamutam a ɛde ɔkwan a ahobammɔ wom, ɛho ka sua, ɛyɛ nea ɛfata ma developer ma obiara, baabiara, sɛ ɔbɛkyekyere decentralized apps onchain no ho amanneɛbɔ ama. Yɛn botaeɛ ne Base ne sɛ yɛbɛma onchain ayɛ online a ɛdi hɔ ne onboard ɔpepepem baako a wɔde di dwuma no akɔ cryptoeconomy mu. Wɔ saa botae yi akyi di mu no, Base bɛyɛ fie ama Coinbase’s onchain products ne ecosystem a ɛbue a obiara betumi asi.
Yɛyɛ Base ho nhyehyɛe wɔ Coinbase mu, yɛde mfe a yɛda so yɛ crypto products ho adwuma no bɔ mu, na yɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ yɛbɛyɛ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ decentralization so wɔ bere mu. Sɛ yɛbɛboa ɔkwan a ɛkɔ decentralization no so a, yɛreyɛ Base wɔ Optimism’s OP Stack so, na yɛwɔ adwene sɛ yɛbɛyɛ ɔman a ɛyɛ pɛ, modular, ne rollup a ɛnni ɔman biara so a ɛyɛ Superchain a Optimism bɔ mu. Yɛmpɛ sɛ yɛbɔ network token foforɔ biara.
Developers betumi afi ase asi wɔ Base so nnɛ wɔ base.org. Wɔ yɛn Coinbase dawurubɔ mu no, yɛkata nea Base yɛ so. Wɔ saa post yi mu no, yɛkɔ akyiri kakra wɔ nea enti a yɛrekyekye Base ne sɛnea yɛayɛ nhyehyɛe sɛ yɛbɛma cryptoeconomy no ayɛ ntɛmntɛm no mu.
Efi Coinbase mfiase no, yɛn kokoam nhyehyɛe kɛse no mu da hɔ na ɛkɔ so daa: yɛbɛyɛ sikasɛm nhyehyɛe a ɛbue a ɛma sikasɛm mu ahofadi kɔ soro wɔ wiase nyinaa. Wɔ mfeɛ du a atwam no mu no, yɛanya nkɔsoɔ wɔ deɛ yɛsusu sɛ ɛgye na yɛadu hɔ no afã mmiɛnsa a ɛdi kan no mu: protocols (Bitcoin, Ethereum), yɛkyekyere exchange (Coinbase Exchange) no sɛ ɛbɛsom sɛ bridge a ɛkɔ digyital sika so, na yɛabɔ a mass gua so nkitahodi ma decentralized apps anaa “dapps“ (Coinbase & Coinbase Wallet). Na afe a atwam no mu no, yɛn sika a yɛde bɛtoa so wɔ afã mmiɛnsa a ɛdi kan no akyi no, yɛde yɛn adwene asi sɛdeɛ yɛbɛbue ɔfa a ɛtwa toɔ no so kɛseɛ: sikasɛm nhyehyɛeɛ a wɔabue mu no apps. Titiriw no, yɛabisa yɛn ho sɛ dɛn na wɔhwehwɛ na yɛabɔ tebea a dapps mpempem pii a mfaso wɔ so ankasa pue a ebetumi de 1B + dwumadiefoɔ aba wiase nyinaa cryptoeconomy mu?
Ansa na yɛbɛte nka sɛ yebetumi abua saa asɛmmisa no ama yɛn adetɔfo no, na yɛpɛ sɛ yɛte sɛnea eyi te ma yɛn ankasa ase. Ɛnnɛ, wɔankyerɛw Coinbase nneɛma dodow no ara sɛ smart contracts na wɔn titiriw de application infrastructure koro no ara a web2 nnwumakuw afoforo de di dwuma no di dwuma. Bere a wɔma yɛn adetɔfo kwan ma wonya crypto no, wɔankyekye wɔn natively sɛ dapps wɔ onchain platform a crypto ama ayɛ adwuma no so. Wɔ mfeɛ kakra a atwam no mu no, yɛde nkakrankakra asesa yei: USDC, Coinbase Wallet, ne cbETH yɛ nhwɛsoɔ a ɛfa natively onchain products a ɛma dwumadiɛ ne sika a ɛho hia ma Coinbase. Berɛ a yɛrehwɛ yɛn daakye no, yɛpɛɛ sɛ yɛboa yɛn akuo no ma wɔkyekyere nneɛma pii te sɛ yeinom a ɛde tumi a ɛwɔ onchain tebea no mu nyinaa di dwuma. Yɛyɛɛ hypothesized sɛ sɛ yɛbɛtumi ama yɛn ankasa akuo atumi ayɛ saa nsakraeɛ no a, yɛbɛnya gyinabea pa sɛ yɛbɛma developers foforɔ nso ayɛ saa.
Bere a yɛne yɛn akuw a ɛwɔ yɛn mu no bɔɔ nkɔmmɔ sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛbɛte sɛnea yebetumi ayɛ eyi ase no, yehui sɛ na wɔrepere wɔ nsɛmmisa abien a ɛte sɛ nea ɛnyɛ den ho:
Ɔkwan bɛn so na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ dapps? Ɛwɔ hɔ a, developer toolkits dodoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a wɔde kyerɛw smart contracts — EVM, Rust with Solana, Cosmos-SDK, sɛ yɛbɛbobɔ kakraa bi din a — na yɛn akuo no nnim sɛ yeinom mu deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde di dwuma de kyekye wɔn applications. Na esiane sɛ na yenni “ɔkwan a wɔabɔ so” a emu da hɔ nti, na yenni nneɛma a ɛbɛma ayɛ mmerɛw ama akuw ahorow sɛ wobefi ase wɔ ɔkwan a ahobammɔ wom so a nkɔso a ɛkɔ ntɛmntɛm.
Ɛhe na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde dapps di dwuma? Sɛ wɔpaw adwinnade bi wie a, na nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn ahorow dodow bi wɔ hɔ a wobetumi de ahyɛ so — sɛ nhwɛso no, wɔde EVM, wobetumi de akɔ Ethereum L1, Ethereum L2, anaa nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn foforo a ɛma EVM kum tebea. Yɛn akuo no nnim sɛ yeinom mu deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔpaw ne sɛdeɛ wɔbɛtumi ahwɛ sɛ nneɛma a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no ne Coinbase nneɛma foforɔ bɛyɛ adwuma yie.
Yehui sɛ wɔ nsɛm pii mu no, na nsɛmmisa abien yi regyae akuw ansa na wɔrefi ase.Enti, wɔ afe 2022 fã a edi kan no, yɛyɛɛ emu nhyehyɛe bi de buaa nsɛmmisa yi na yɛyɛɛ ɔkwan a wɔabɔ so ama emu onchain nkɔso. Bere a yɛne abɔnten so adansifo ne emu akuw bɔɔ nkɔmmɔ kɛse akyi no, yɛmaa adwumakuw no yɛɛ pɛ wɔ gyinaesi atitiriw abiɛsa ho:
EVM sɛ yɛn developer platform titiriw ma dapps. EVM ne tebea a ɛwɔ hɔ nnɛ, a wɔn a wɔyɛ, dwumadi, ne sika a wɔde di dwuma no mu dodow no ara kɔ so wɔ EVM tebea horow mu. Bio nso, EVM wɔ mmoa kɛseɛ dedaw wɔ Coinbase product suite no nyinaa mu, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔbɛboa nneɛma foforɔ default.
Ethereum Layer 1 (L1) ma dapps a ɛkorɔn sen biara. Ethereum de ne ho asi hɔ sɛ EVM nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn a ɛho akokwaw, ahobammɔ wom, na wɔde ama sen biara. Wei ma ɛyɛ beaeɛ pa a wɔde onchain applications a ɛhia ahobanbɔ kɛseɛ bɛdi dwuma, te sɛ institutional anaa business use-cases akɛseɛ a ɛsiesie wɔ order a ɛyɛ dɔla ɔpepepem pii.
Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) ma dapps a ɛhia sɛ wɔde nsenia yɛ. Ethereum de ahobanbɔ ne decentralization di kan, a ɛde sika a ɛkɔ soro a ɛma ɛnyɛ nea ɛfata ma application ahorow a wɔde asi wɔn ani so sɛ wobedu wɔn a wɔde di dwuma ɔpepepem pii nkyɛn. Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ na wɔadi eyi ho dwuma no, Ethereum scaling nhyehyɛe no ne sɛ ɛbɛma nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn a Ethereum abɔ ho ban a ɛma wotumi yɛ nnwuma a ne bo nyɛ den (wɔtaa frɛ no “Layer 2” anaa L2). Yɛkyerɛɛ Ethereum L2 sɛ baabi a yɛde daakye Coinbase aplikeshɔn a ɛwɔ botaeɛ sɛ ɛbɛsom yɛn adetɔfoɔ nyinaa.
Bere a saa gyinaesi ahorow yi boaa yɛn akuw no ma wofii ase sii ntɛmntɛm no, wɔsan nso maa hokwan ahorow a edi hɔ a ɛbɛma wɔanya nkɛntɛnso no mu daa hɔ: Ethereum L2 da so ara bo yɛ den dodo nnɛ ($0.05-$0.25 ma nkitahodi) na L2 dodow bi wɔ hɔ, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn akuw no da so ara si gyinae wɔ akwan horow a wobetumi apaw ntam. Wɔ afe 2022 fã a ɛtɔ so mmienu no, yɛhyɛɛ aseɛ de yɛn sika hyɛɛ EIP4844 mu, a ɛbɛtew L2 ka so 10-100x, na yɛhyɛɛ aseɛ yɛɛ nhyehyɛeɛ foforɔ de kyerɛɛ L2 a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛpaw sɛ fie titire ma Coinbase dapps.
Berɛ a yɛne akuo a wɔresi Ethereum L2 hyiaeɛ no, yɛn adebɔ ne wɔn nhumu, ne adwene a wɔde yɛ adwuma bom a wɔde baa Ethereum scaling mu no maa yɛn ho dwiriw yɛn. Yɛn ani gyei nso wɔ akwan ahodoɔ a na wɔrefa so no ho, a emu biara de adesua foforɔ baeɛ wɔ sɛdeɛ wɔbɛtumi ayɛ cryptoeconomy no kɛseɛ ho. Yɛnam yɛn nkɔmmɔdie so no, yɛnyaa nteaseɛ pa wɔ nsɛnnennen titire a ɛsiw L2s ahobanbɔ, ne kɛseɛ, ne gye a wɔgye tom no ano. Na yɛsan nso yɛɛ yɛn adwene mu nhwɛsoɔ no yie maa sɛdeɛ Ethereum L1 ne L2 adansiɛ bɛyɛ daakye.
Titiriw no, yɛde asɛmti a ɛne sɛ L2 biako bɛda adi sɛ “ɔdi tumi” na ɛde nkakrankakra agye dwumadi nyinaa, na ɛde ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛbɛyɛ nea ɛwɔ tumi biako pɛ na efii saa adeyɛ yi ase. Saa anisoadehu yi, na yɛreba ɔhaw no so mfiase no sɛ “yɛrepaw nea ɛfata,” baabi a sɛ yɛpaw “nea ɛnteɛ” a, yɛde yɛn ho to asiane mu sɛ yɛbɛtwa Coinbase dapps ne wɔn a wɔde di dwuma no afi dwumadi dodow no ara a ɛwɔ abɔde a nkwa wom no mu. Yɛde asɛmti soronko koraa na ɛde adeyɛ no baa awiei: sɛ L2 pii bɛba a ɛbɛnya dwumadi a ɛho hia, ayɛ “hubs” ama abɔdeɛ a nkwa wom ahodoɔ, na nkakrankakra ama wɔn adwumayɛ akɔ soro kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛyɛ “mesh” anaa “superchain” a wɔbom yɛ kɛseɛ Ethereum a wɔde yɛ adwuma.
Yɛde saa daakye anisoadehunu yi bisaa yɛn ho sɛ: wɔ wiase a L2 pii wɔ mu mu no, yɛbɛtumi ama Coinbase’s mission ne cryptoeconomy a ɛtrɛ no ayɛ ntɛmntɛm denam yɛn ankasa a yɛbɛkyekyere bi so? Coinbase asusu ho sɛ wɔbɛto nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn mprenu ansa na (2018, 2020) na bere biara a yɛasi gyinae sɛ dabi. Bere a yesusuw ho yiye akyi no, yesii gyinae sɛ yɛbɛka sɛ yiw na yɛafi Base ase efisɛ:
Base bɛma Coinbase’s onchain nneɛma no nkɔsoɔ ntɛmntɛm. Ɛdenam awerɛhyem kɛse a yɛbɛma anya wɔ baabi a yɛkyekye so no, yeyi nsemmisa a na ɛresiw yɛn akuw no kwan ansa na wɔafi ase no fi hɔ. Na yɛbɔ fapem a yebetumi de developer nnwinnade afoforo atwa ho ahyia na ama onchain adan ayɛ mmerɛw a ɛyɛ nwonwa. Yɛne Base no, yɛrehyɛ bɔ sɛ yɛbɛma ayɛ mmerɛw ama yɛn akuo no sɛ wɔbɛkyekyere onchain mmom sen sɛ wɔbɛkyekyere off-chain.
Base de yɛn adetɔfoɔ bɛba cryptoeconomy no mu. Ɛdenam tebea a yɛbɛbɔ a ɛwɔ Coinbase kyinhyia no mu, ɛwɔ Coinbase-grade ahobammɔ, na ɛyɛ onchain koraa so no, yebetumi de yɛn dwumadi no pii aba onchain. Yɛhunu sɛ yɛde wɔn a wɔde di dwuma ne wɔn agyapadeɛ bɛba Base sɛ anammɔn a wɔbɛtu ama wɔn akɔ cryptoeconomy a ɛtrɛ no mu. Nea ɛho hia no, yɛmpɛ sɛ Base yɛ supɔw anaa silo — yɛpɛ sɛ ɛyɛ bridge a ɛne Ethereum L1, L2 afoforo, ne L1 abɔde a nkwa wom nhyehyɛe afoforo mpo te sɛ Bitcoin, Solana, ne Cosmos wɔ abusuabɔ kɛse.
Base bɛma Coinbase’s sika a ɔde bɛto core crypto infrastructure mu no akɔ soro. Yɛn sika a yɛde ahyɛ Base mu no, seesei yɛwɔ nkannyan kɛseɛ mpo sɛ yɛbɛboa ama scale platforms a ɛwɔ aseɛ a Base si so no. Yɛde yɛn adwuma a ɛfa EIP4844 ho ahyɛ eyi ase na yɛhwɛ kwan sɛ saa sika a yɛde bɛto mu no bɛkɔ soro ara kwa. Yɛn ani agye sɛ yɛbɛsan de yɛn ho ahyɛ nnwuma titire an ama yɛn adwuma no ayɛ yie wɔ mfeɛ du a atwam no mu.
Yɛhunu Base sɛ ɛyɛ yɛn kokoam nhyehyɛeɛ kɛseɛ no fã titire — ɔfa 3.5 — na yɛgye di sɛ ɛbɛbue dapps awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛdi hɔ a ɛde nnipa ɔpepepem pii bɛba wiase nyinaa cryptoeconomy mu.
Wɔ ne titiriw mu no, nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn yɛ soronko koraa wɔ Coinbase nneɛma ho nnɛ — titiriw no, wɔahyɛ da ayɛ sɛ ɛbɛyɛ platform, bere a nneɛma dodow no ara a yɛasi de besi ha no yɛ nneɛma. Na crypto platform a yɛbɛkyekyere a yɛwɔ anisoadehunu a ɛfa decentralization ne scale ho no kyerɛ sɛ ɛhia sɛ yɛkyekyere agyapadeɛ a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛfa decentralized platforms a ɛdii yɛn adwuma anim no so. Nnyinasosɛm atitiriw anan na ayɛ yɛn gyinaesi bere a yɛasi Base no, na ɛbɛkɔ so akyerɛ yɛn kwan no kwan wɔ mfe a ɛreba no mu.
Yɛreyɛ Base sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɛbɛyɛ papa ama kwan a ɛyɛ mmerɛw, ahobammɔ wom a wobɛfa so akɔ Ethereum L1, L2 afoforo, ne L1 abɔde a nkwa wom nhyehyɛe afoforo te sɛ Bitcoin, Solana, ne Cosmos so. Yɛhyɛ wɔn nkuran sɛ wɔnhyɛ aseɛ wɔ Base so, nanso wɔnkɔ baabiara: yɛhunu Base sɛ “bridge” ma wɔn a wɔde di dwuma no kɔ cryptoeconomy mu. Ɛyɛ default onchain osuahu a ɛnyɛ den sɛ wode bedi dwuma a ɛwɔ kwan a wɔfa so nya nneɛma wɔ nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn afoforo so. Nea ɛka Base a yɛbɛma ne nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn afoforo ayɛ adwuma ho no, yɛbɛkɔ so aboa nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn pii sɛnea yebetumi wɔ Coinbase nneɛma nyinaa mu.
Ɛsɛ sɛ fapem softwea ma wiase nyinaa cryptoeconomy yɛ nea wɔabue ano koraa na wobetumi anya bi kwa. Wɔasi Base wɔ OP Stack a MIT-licensed no so, a wɔne Optimism ayɛ adwuma abom. Yɛrebɛka ho sɛ Core Dev kuw a ɛtɔ so mmienu a yɛreyɛ adwuma wɔ OP Stack no so de ahwɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ɔmanfoɔ yiedie a obiara betumi anya. Yɛhunu saa adwinnadeɛ yi sɛ platform a ɛbue a obiara bɛtumi aboa, fork na atrɛ mu de aboa cryptoeconomy scale. Sua pii fa sɛnea yɛne Optimism reyɛ adwuma no ho.
Decentralization ho hia na ama cryptoeconomy no akɔ so abue, wiase nyinaa, na obiara betumi anya bi. Bere a yɛafi ase reyɛ incubating Base wɔ Coinbase mu no, yɛasi yɛn bo kɛse sɛ yɛbɛkɔ yɛn anim akɔ decentralization a edi mũ mu wɔ mfe a ɛreba no mu. Ɛnam sɛ nneɛma a ɛkɔ soro a Coinbase de ba OP Stack no nti, yɛwɔ awerɛhyem sɛ Base bɛnya nkɔsoɔ afiri Stage 0 akɔ Stage 1 rollup wɔ afe 2023 ne Stage 2 rollup wɔ afe 2024. Sua pii fa yɛn kwan a yɛfa so decentralization ho wɔ ha.
Base wɔ anisoadehunu sɛ ɛbɛyɛ abɔdeɛ a nkwa wom a ɛbue, a wɔde Coinbase nneɛma, wɔn a wɔde di dwuma, ne agyapadeɛ ahyɛ mu. Yɛne ɔmanfoɔ a wɔdɔɔso bɛyɛ adwuma de nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn no aba nkwa mu. Yɛn ani agye sɛ yɛwɔ mpɔtam a ɛyɛ nwonwa a wɔbɛboa ma Base ayɛ abɔdeɛ a nkwa wom a ɛyɛ den.
Eyi ne Da a edi kan wɔ yɛn akwantu a yɛne Base yɛe no mu na yɛrentumi nnya anigye kɛse wɔ mpɔtam a ɛyɛ nwonwa a wɔresi dedaw wɔ yɛn nkyɛn no ho. Sɛ wowɔ adwene, nsɛm a wopɛ sɛ woka, anaa nsɛmmisa fa yɛn kwan no ho a, wobɛtumi akɔka yɛn ho wɔ Discord mu abɔ nkɔmmɔ.
Yɛn adwene mprempren ne sɛ yɛbɛtu mmirika testnet a ɛdi mu a yɛne adansifoɔ ne developers a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ Base ecosystem no mu.
Yɛhwɛ kwan sɛ eyi bɛyɛ adeyɛ a wɔsan yɛ bio na yɛhwɛ kwan sɛ yɛbɛbom ayɛ adwuma de ama Base adi yiye.
Wɔ adapɛn a ɛreba no mu no, yɛbɛkyɛ yɛn kwankyerɛ a ɛkɔ mainnet so na yɛama developers nneɛma pii a wɔde besi wɔ Base so — tena ase.
Yɛn ani agye sɛ yɛanya Base, Introduced a ɛyɛ free, open edition mint de adi testnet a wɔde sii hɔ no ho afahyɛ na yɛama obiara akɔka Base mpɔtam a ɛtrɛw no ho.
Mint “Base, Introduced” — nkae NFT a ɛhyɛ Base a wɔde sii hɔ mfiase no ho afahyɛ. 1 wɔ address biara mu, a wobetumi ayɛ no kwa wɔ Zora kosi Kwasida anadwo fã EST.
Yɛde Base Ecosystem Fund nso rebɔ amanneɛ, a ɛde sika hyɛ na ɛboa nnwuma a ɛdi kan a wɔsi wɔ Base a ɛdi yɛn sikasɛm nhyehyɛeɛ so. Sɛ w’ani gye ho a, yɛsrɛ wo hyehyɛ kratasin no wɔ ha.