Base

@base builder #001; onchain cities w/ OAK & city3

reminder: the @base core team is hiring. key roles:

- builder roles around the world
- eng across fullstack, protocol, and smart contracts
- design on both app and builder tools
- finance, product, and data science too!

this is the best team i've ever worked with by far. apply at base.org/jobs

Warpcast

Active day with friends @tip-top @truzhenikov

Law & Policy

It was a tame week in Web3 legal until some broccoli haired zoomers got Argentina to drop a shitcoin.  The CFTC is also looking at leadership shakeups and SEC v. exchange cases are on ice. 

Here's everything that happened in crypto-law last week:

It was a tame week in Web3 legal until some broccoli haired zoomers got Argentina to drop a shitcoin.  The CFTC is also looking at leadership shakeups and SEC v. exchange cases are on ice. 

Here's everything that happened in crypto-law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/02/18/off-the-blockchain-february-10-17-2025/

life is good

fc-updates

So far in 2025

- 3 new people joining: @woj.eth @ted @slokh 
- Base announcing upcoming Farcaster support
- FarCon 2025 in NY in May
- Increased size of Warpcast Rewards
- Token links and pages
- Warpcast Wallet 
- Snapchain tesnet
- 90,000 free invites
- Public spam labels
- Q4 retroactive grants
- Following feed option, highlighted notifications, first cast in a while notifications, muted channels, bug and perf improvements to DCs

More to come!

choo choo 🚂

Ethereum

"If I want to take crypto seriously, I need to see an aggressive cultural shift that addresses its plague - attracting grifters

I want to see a majority be hostile towards projects/founders that don't have a clear roadmap towards useful sustainability"

Study @polynya

Milady
x.com/apolynya/status/1598124343636422658

Alas, in the 2+ years since, the vast majority in crypto have pivoted sharply towards full on greed, degeneracy, nihilism, and crime. Of course, there's a small minority that continues working on useful sustainability, and I have the utmost respect for them, but that keeps getting smaller by the day.

Reasons to have higher L1 gas limits even in an L2-heavy Ethereum

Reasons to have higher L1 gas limits even in an L2-heavy Ethereum

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/02/14/l1scaling.html

High price volatility means high transaction fees. In just one hour over $5M was spent on fees across all major blockchains, with $3.8M spent on @ethereum 💰

🔗 https://dune.com/Marcov/blockchain-transaction-fees

Ethereum is the world computer. The universal platform for cryptocurrencies, blockchain apps, stablecoins, and decentralized technologies.

Chemist

@chemistbakana