Author: Tako
Source: Tako X Account
Compiled by: Wu Blockchain
You previously mentioned wanting to do more in Asia. Can you share your development plans in the region?
Last fall, I spent several weeks in Asia and talked with some developers. This made me more convinced that we need to do more in this region.
Recently, we hired a country head in the Philippines, and we currently have open country head positions in Indonesia and Singapore, with more positions to be opened in the future. We also plan to collaborate more closely with developers in China. I am well aware of the importance of localization for the Chinese market, so we will provide more communication channels and resources for Chinese-speaking developers, creators, and users. Stay tuned for more information later this year.
Solana's positioning is very clear. What is Base's positioning? It feels like you're doing a bit of everything, but not as thoroughly as Solana.
Base is a global on-chain economy. We are implementing our 2025 strategy to make Base accessible to everyone while staying true to our core values. Specifically, this means:
· Building powerful and open tools to help anyone create world-class on-chain applications.
· Cultivating a vibrant ecosystem that connects open on-chain applications and expands the Base user base.
· Creating a powerful on-chain account that provides seamless financial, identity, and management services.
· Making Base the center of the on-chain economy with high liquidity and always-online global capital markets.
· Decentralizing, expanding, and accelerating Base to enable everyone worldwide to participate in the on-chain economy.
I understand what you mentioned about trying to satisfy everyone's needs being difficult, but I believe if we execute in these directions, it should be achievable. Lastly, I have great respect for the Solana team, and if we want to bring a billion people on-chain, this certainly cannot be accomplished by any single effort.
What do you think are Ethereum's biggest challenges and difficulties right now? Have these challenges affected its overall ecosystem development? What key breakthroughs has Base made in the Ethereum ecosystem? From what perspectives can Base help solve existing problems?
@brian_armstrong often says: "Things are never as good as they seem, nor are they as bad as they seem." Recently, I've seen a lot of negative news about ETH prices, and I think most of it is just noise. I'm more focused on using @base to solve what I see as key problems to keep everything "running smoothly" on-chain:
· Fast and cheap: Transactions on Base have maintained a cost of less than one cent for over a year. We recently released flashblocks on the testnet, reducing transaction speed to 200 milliseconds. Both fast and cheap.
· Secure and simple: Smart wallets remove much of the complexity, helping users unfamiliar with cryptocurrencies get started easily, and only require browser operation without additional extensions or app installations. We can also keep everything "running smoothly" by subsidizing gas fees and providing recovery features.
· Developer user flywheel: Many people initially engage for a specific token, then want to learn more about other features but lack a clear next step. We are integrating Farcaster and miniapps into @CoinbaseWallet to smoothly integrate and drive the expansion of this flywheel.
Stay low-key and pragmatic, continue building.
Many original meme projects have emerged on Base, and some community-driven "cultural events" have gained good traction. In Jesse's view, are memes and native culture important components of Base's differentiation? How will the Base team further support the development of grassroots meme culture, especially in non-English contexts?
Yes, memes are absolutely part of our culture and a key strategic differentiator for Base from other platforms. I once gave a lecture about why I think memes are so important in this process. Simply put, I believe memes are an important user acquisition tool, just like in Web2. The meme builders on Base have brought our most powerful cultural force. Special thanks to @clankeronbase, @apedotstore, @ClizaSystems, and other platforms and communities for their efforts that made this possible.
Additionally, I've recently been discussing "contentcoins". Just like a social media post might be just an image or could become a viral meme, contentcoins are posts without expected value. I believe many contents will transform into memes, and many memes will create content!
How to understand "base is for everyone", and why was the official ref token distributed so quickly?
First, let me clarify: "Base is for everyone" is a post published by Base on Zora, not an official token. We have been publishing content on Zora for several years and are very interested in their new content coining model.
Why do this? Because token unlocking provides a powerful tool for creators to earn income through creativity and paves the way for more experimental attempts. There has been much discussion about whether this is good or bad. My view is that people are accustomed to traditional token understanding, and this approach is new and different. We anticipated some criticism and it did feel a bit scary. If we could do it again, I would have @base make more statements and explanations from the beginning.
Looking forward, we will continue to coin, because we believe everyone should bring their content on-chain. Our goal is to lead by example and experiment publicly. If you want to learn more, you can listen to the great podcast below.
Base's future plan is to attract more Web2 users to Web3. I've also seen the team conducting various levels of communication and knowledge popularization worldwide. What is the main purpose of getting users on-chain? Is it primarily focused on daily consumption, or on DeFi and GameFi?
Every day, I think about how to bring a billion people on-chain, and the reality is that we cannot achieve this by only attracting those already interested in cryptocurrencies. We need to expand this "cake", and to do that, I believe the answer is all the methods mentioned earlier. Our mission is to build an inclusive global on-chain economy.
Payment is a good example of how on-chain technology can improve people's lives. During my global travels last year, I personally saw how foreign exchange and international payments are crucial for people to access the global economy. Local stablecoins and fast, cheap on-chain payments solve real problems for many people: they are almost instant, unlike traditional payments that take days, and fees are less than a cent (in USD), not 3% or $50 or more.
On-chain finance, social, entertainment, music, art, games, content... all these areas can improve people's lives by putting control in the hands of developers and creators, rather than concentrated in big companies.
Do you believe Coinbase Wallet will develop into the ultimate platform for handling all on-chain transactions, especially in terms of app distribution and promotion? How far are we from this vision?
It's coming soon! We've been rebuilding @CoinbaseWallet from scratch over the past few months, aiming to make it 10 times faster while shifting focus to solving discovery and distribution issues.
When someone buys their first token, the next steps are not intuitive in terms of what they can do or what apps they can try. Therefore, we are directly integrating Farcaster social feeds and mini-apps into @CoinbaseWallet, allowing users to easily discover on-chain experiences within the app without leaving.
We noticed that Base or you personally often interact with Zora. Could you explain the reasons why the team or you personally are optimistic about Zora? What is Zora's special positioning and ecosystem value in the Base ecosystem?>I am very optimistic about on-chain social media, which has the potential to drive viral spread, and Zora is a great example (if you haven't downloaded it yet, try it quickly).
p traditional social platforms,alized control content and users. in on-chain social media, creators own their content earn income when publishing content (not just likes).). Posts on zminted and creators also receive a portion of transaction fees... this method,-media subverts the traditionalalized mode and returns control to creators.In the past week or so,, I personally witnessed how much potential this model has to attract attract new new users to this space don't need to understand cryptocurrency to use Zora or earn revenue from posts. I believe we need more such applications to help bring billions of people on-chain.
I'm very looking forward to seeing more creativity from other developers in this field!
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>, what are doing achieve this goal?increasing investment in more powerful and open developer tools. We are particularly focused on developers because they will build the on-chain applications that can attract billions of users.Ding coinbasewallet from scratch, increase increasing its speed by 10 times, making it more-friendly, and enhancing content discovery by adding Farcaster social dynamics, while integrating mini-apps so users can experience without leaving the app.
Continuing to decentralize, expand, and accelerate Base, because we believe the only way to build a a truly a globalentraleconomy is to construct a decentralized,. In the first phase, , 250 mgas/s capacity, and, and faster blocks.
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