EthCC Paris: Inside Coinbase’s plan to build an Ethereum Layer 2
Quick Take
- Coinbase’s Base creator Jesse Pollak unpacks what comes next for Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 including plans to combine zk and optimistic rollup scaling solutions.
Episode 69 of Season 5 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro, and creator of Coinbase's Base Jesse Pollak.
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This episode of The Scoop was recorded with Jesse Pollak, the creator Coinbase's Base network, live from the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris.
Outline:
00:44 Crypto 'builder energy'
03:09 The L1 trade
05:07 Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2
06:45 Maturing beyond speculation
11:03 Technical obstacles to building
15:16 ZK vs. OP scaling solutions
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