someone tell me everything about this base livestream after it ends. i’m not tuning in because i’m going to sleep

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As this psychotic legend would say: GO TO SLEEP

Alert the press this man is actually going to sleep

wen markdown support? here's my live notes from the stream. Full replay with live commentary: https://www.youtube.com/live/t3832dcDXlk?feature=shared&t=500

# Coinbase New Day One Event - Key Announcements 🚀

**Big Picture Mission:** *Increase innovation, creativity, freedom*

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## 🔄 Major Rebranding & Platform Evolution

### Base → BaseChain
- **HUGE:** Base is officially rebranding to "BaseChain" 
- New visual identity: Building block rectangle logo
- Breaking from previous brand guidelines that strictly avoided "Base Chain"

### Coinbase Wallet → tBa (the Base app)
- **New name:** tBa (blue b) = "the Base app"
- **Vision:** Superapp for the entire Base Ecosystem
- **Features:**
  - Farcaster Social Graph integration
  - Discovery engine
  - Apps built on Base
  - Chat functionality
  - Commerce and Trading
  - Powered by "open protocols"

**Note:** tBa remains in Beta but expanding access

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## 💳 Base Payments Revolution

**Presenter:** Aneri

### Key Features:
- **Fully USDC-powered** payment gateway
- **Tap to Pay** (Apple Pay style experience)
- **Sub $1, sub 1-second** transactions on Base
- **Flashblocks technology** enabling true sub-second speeds

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## 🔥 Mini Apps: The Content Evolution

**Aneri's Take:** *"Mini Apps aren't small, they are the next evolution of content"*

### What Makes Mini Apps Special:
- More interactive content experiences
- Engaging and re-engageable format
- **Case Study:** Morpho integration (featured on dTech blog)
- **Remix Mini App:** AI Studio for creating games with native social sharing

### For Developers:
- Permissionless to build and share
- 2-step webpage conversion available
- End of "API Access removed" and "App rejected" era

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## 🎯 Real-World Applications Showcased

### Noice
- **Concept:** Microtransactions as the next unlock (like UPI in India)
- **Innovation:** Earn funds through interactions (liking posts = tipping)
- Supporting creators through everyday actions

### Decentralized Pictures
- Community-driven film industry disruption
- Merit-based system for entertainment
- Mentorships and financing for new talent

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## 🔐 Base Account: The Identity Revolution

**Presenter:** Wilson Cusack

### "Sign in with Base" SDK
- Evolution of Smart Wallet technology
- **Vision:** Sovereign identity across the internet
- Competing with OpenAI, Apple, Google for primary login method
- **Timeline:** Tap to Pay coming end of year

### Strategic Partnership:
- **Shopify + Coinbase = Base Pay**
- USDC already integrated with Shopify

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## 📈 Massive Scale & Adoption

### Live Event Impact:
- **500k live viewers** (10x current Farcaster daily actives!)
- **100k people** on tBa waitlist opening today
- Public waitlist now available at **base.app**

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## 🎤 Industry Leader Insights

### Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) Key Points:
- **"Decentralized servers matter"**
- **"The open protocol app thesis is an inevitable outcome"**
- Tipping culture normalization through social livestreaming
- **"Capturing full economics of what you're doing"**
- Interest-driven algorithms > follower count
- **"Individual pieces of content find the audience"**

### Cleo Abram on Creator Economy:
- Key creator questions: "Can I make my idea real? How can I support this?"
- Onchain integration removes barriers to entry
- More funding possibilities = more pathways to dreams

### Success Story:
- **Pplpleasr:** Emmy nomination for crypto-funded "White Rabbit" movie
- Couldn't have been produced through traditional Hollywood

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## 🎯 Mission Unchanged

**Jesse's Final Thoughts:**
- Core mission remains: **"Bring a billion people onchain"**
- Opening app to 100,000 waitlist users immediately

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## 🔗 Key Resources

- **Mini Apps Development:** dtech.vision/farcaster/miniapps/
- **Morpho Case Study:** dtech.vision/blog/casestudy-farcaster-defi-frame-morpho/
- **Waitlist:** base.app

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**Bottom Line:** This isn't just a rebrand—it's a complete reimagining of how we interact with blockchain technology, making it as seamless as traditional web2 experiences while maintaining decentralization and user sovereignty.

Summary of my notes

https://farcaster.xyz/samuellhuber.eth/0x9eb63076

good luck with tomorrow, i’m rooting for you!❤️

i’d tell u but i’ve migrated my DCs to XMTP