TLDR: Base has achieved Stage 1 Decentralization, a critical milestone in our journey to build an open and global onchain economy. We’ve done this by launching permissionless fault proofs and increasing the decentralization of our contract upgrade process with a security council. We believe that decentralization is critical to deliver on our mission of building a global onchain economy and are proud to have achieved this milestone.

TLDR: We’re introducing new building blocks that make it faster, simpler, and more powerful to build on Base: Flashblocks, Smart Wallet Sub Accounts, and Base Appchains — plus a new home base for builders.

TLDR: Coinbase Wallet has integrated Onboard P2P as an onramp option to make buying crypto easier around the world. Onboard lets anyone purchase crypto with local currency through a peer-to-peer exchange, without lengthy verification, and lower fees.

TLDR: To bring the world onchain, we’re rebuilding the Coinbase Wallet app to be 10x faster and easier to use, plus boosting app discovery by leveraging Farcaster Frames and their onchain social graph.

TLDR: Base is a global onchain economy and we’re building it together, in the open. This year, we’re focusing on growing the Base economy by investing in five key pillars: builders, apps, ownership, markets, and bringing everyone, everywhere, onchain. We have a plan — but we can only achieve our ambitious goals by building with all of you. As we collaborate and grow, our strategies will continue to evolve to better serve the Base economy.

TLDR: Base just wrapped up our first world tour. We traveled to Kenya, India, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines. We met over 1,000 builders, selected 50+ buildathon winners, and hosted 11 events. We’re so excited to keep working alongside our global builder community in 2025.

TL;DR: Fault proofs are now live on Base Mainnet, marking a key milestone on our path to decentralization. With this upgrade, anyone can now participate in securing Base, creating a more trusted and open economy for everyone.

TL;DR: Base’s decentralization roadmap focuses on transparency and enhancing onchain security. To support this, we’re committed to fostering a secure environment for onchain builders. Today, we’re announcing access to free smart contract monitoring and analytics for every app and protocol on Base, powered by Hexagate. Apply now.

Lessons learned from Base’s recent block building outage