Most blockchains compete on technology. Faster blocks, lower fees, better benchmarks. Base competes on something else: access to users. Coinbase already sits at the edge of the largest fiat to crypto funnel in the world. Base turns that funnel into an onchain highway. Instead of asking users to leave familiar apps and wallets, Base brings onchain experiences closer to where users already are. This changes the game for builders. You are not fighting for attention in a crowded crypto-only arena. You are building inside a system designed to surface real products to real users. That is why Base does not scream about TPS or decentralization metrics. Its real advantage is distribution at scale. In Web3, the best tech does not always win. The tech that reaches users does. Base understands that deeply.
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Base exists because Coinbase understands one hard truth: distribution matters more than ideology. Launching a new L1 means bootstrapping security, liquidity, developers, and users from zero. That is slow, expensive, and risky. Base chose a different path. By building an L2 on Ethereum, Coinbase inherited Ethereum’s security while focusing entirely on onboarding users. No need to convince people to trust a new base layer. No need to fragment liquidity. Base plugs directly into the most battle tested settlement layer in crypto. More importantly, Coinbase already has millions of users. Base is not trying to win mindshare among hardcore crypto natives. It is designed to quietly move everyday users onchain without them needing to understand what a rollup is. Base is not about reinventing blockchain architecture. It is about making blockchain disappear into the background. That is why Base did not launch an L1. And that decision tells you exactly who Base is built for.
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