Fun fact: there’s a nearly identical alternative to Base that isn’t affiliated with military parades and cynical political quid pro quo. Incidentally, it’s called Optimism, and, its technology stack is what Base is built using. There’s a DAO, a token, and everything; even Farcaster is built on Optimism. 

I think I’ll start using it more again. NFA.

i push buttons, create images, write words and say things, all on ⛓️ / ⚏ / interested in design, art, web3, and philosophy

Design director working on AI hardware. One foot in the board room, one on the street. moonshot.ooo

Cheers. Thankfully it was resolved in the end. Of course, over the course of those many months the value of the prize won was 1/3 of the original value. It was unfortunate as I do like the team and technology—which is why I participated in the contest.

Unfortunately my experience with the Optimism art contest was terrible. I had to aggressively chase payment and even then it took many months to resolve. Very disappointing interaction.

DⒶOnarcho-cybersyndicalist ☠︎hyperpunk /scum ☠︎

Just not too* techno lol🪩🕺😹

Always touching grass😌

off & onchain operations
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Problem solving is my jam😎
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Its a shame the official Otimisim account isn't more active here.

We live in the same absurdity simulator. I argue with LLMs.

Very good point- that said, I still have concerns that protocols can be abused and effectively turned into slush funds that are light on regulation. BitDAO is a noteworthy example.

fair points, tho without the CEX + KYC at the center, it seems unlikely that OP Main will become such a state surveillance apparatus

Also a fun fact: a16z (Andreessen) heavily invested in Optimism and supported Trump’s campaign.

So there’s that.

Oh interesting. I thought it was all still Optimism + (snap chain/ formerly offchain on hubs)

Base is a fork of Optimism, but Casts are on OP while reactions / follow lives on Base.
But I think it changed recently when Farcaster migrated to their own chain: Snapchain (but the news went under the radar because of a Jesse drama if I remember correctly)

One day everything will be interoperable withing the OP ecosystem anyway

Farcaster is on Optimism and not Base? I thought it was on Base.