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Just bought my first bitcoins on @base 

(Thanks @ccarella.eth x @interface for showing me this new wrapped coin 🫡)

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why is it wrapped ?? what am i missing lol like why can’t it just be BTC

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Because bitcoins has its own blockchain

You need to wrap it so it can live on ETH 

Basically the bitcoins are bought on bitcoin, stored, and converted to wrapped bitcoin 

The process is more complex but I think you get the idea

@vortac made me realise how dumb my question was LOOOL but i get the gist yes. just still wondering why does it need to be on ETH/Base (my guess is low fees?)

Same. I would have called it "basedBTC" though 😆

i didn’t take it that way at all, dw!!! your response made me laugh out loud ahhaah

i remember having wETH from ages ago but always hated it and am happy that i haven’t seen it in years hahaha. but i basically only use Base these days lol so maybe cbBTC will be my thing let’s see haha def less of a barrier that i don’t need to open a new wallet anymore

i didn't really want my answer to sound a bit arrogant. Btw you have many, many assets wrapped on other chains. It's totally normal. Just imagine all the DeFi building blocks you have on ETH, bringing the financial power of BTC over and allow investors and traders to do more with their assets actively is very desirable.

makes sense, can see where this would be unpopular amongst some ppl hahaha

I believe CB is the custodian, but sure you don't really hold Bitcoins in a self-custodied Bitcoin wallet.

Well it’s convenient for base users 

For base / eth is like brining liquidity from bitcoin to eth (so positive for eth)

Not sure if it’s a good thing for bitcoin but I guess it means more holders so shouldn’t be bad - not sure if it reflects as Coinbase is the actual holder… probably