Coinbase Layer 2 Base Mainnet Launch Date Announced Coinbase, the largest publicly traded crypto exchange based in the US,
revealed its plans to open mainnet for the public, starting August 9. Built on the OP stack in partnership with Optimism,
Base is a layer-two scaling solution for Ethereum (ETH).
“Over the next week, you’ll begin to see Dapps across the on-chain ecosystem turn on Base support and new ones launch,” the exchange said Thursday.
Alongside, Coinbase
is kicking off a month-long celebration calling it - “Onchain Summer” - where 50 “best builders,” creators and developers can highlight art, music, gaming
and advocacy.
Some of the mainstream brands enlisted
by Coinbase include Coca-Cola, Atari, OpenSea, Pixelmon, and Showtime, which would offer daily mints of on-chain
non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
“Base is now open for bridging and Base mainnet will open for everyone and everything on August 9,” Base said in a release. “Our goal is to enable anyone, anywhere to safely and easily participate in the on-chain economy.”
