The core team at Base, a blockchainย tech network backed by Coinbaseย Cryptoย exchange, stated it is gearing up for an next mainnet launch. The launch, onย theย otherย hand, is dependent on plentyย of conditions being met.
โOur launch criteria include demonstrated testnet stability, Optimismโs successful upgrade of Bedrock, and completion of reviews and audits,โ the Base team noted in a blogย post, emphasizing their goal of ensuring secure network operations.
The next Bedrock upgrade by Optimism, scheduled for June, is anticipated to expandย the security and resilience of the Optimism mainnet bridge. This improvement is considered critical for the projects built upon it, such as Base.
Built on Optimismโs development software stack, known as the OP Stack, Base is designed to serve as a rollup network, similar to Optimism. It intendsย to execute off-chain computations on a secondary layer toย support quicker, cheaper transactions โ all while maintaining the security advantages of the Ethereumย (ETH) mainnet. Furthermore, this solution could potentially become the default Layer 2 network for Coinbaseโs on-chain products.
Base remains on testnet
The project is in a testnet phase for now. Testnets are replicas of the actual network used for testing objectives. If the testnet operates smoothly and without glitches, it would be an indicator that the mainnet could function effectively as well.
The Base team informed the testnet has drawn interest from a range of developers and projects, including Blackbird, Thirdweb, OAK, and Parallel. Inย addition, notable Decentralizedย Finance platforms like Uniswap and Aave are seeingย as deploying on Base once it goes live.
Theย group alsoย mentionedย that after the mainnet rollout thereafter inย theย year, the network will enter a โgenesis windowโ period, during which developers will be able deploy applications with direct support from the Base core team. Theย group stated it does not strategy toย makeย available a network token.
