Base

the @base gas target is now 25 mgas/s

higher capacity, cheaper transactions, more growth

Ethereum

I took some time to write up my thoughts on the FUD around Base and our ETH earnings.

TL;DR purity tests like this are currently a scourge on Ethereum and we need to fix the culture to refocus on building and delivering value to real people.

@Tiza4ThePeople This narrative just isn’t true — here are the facts:

Base is and will continue growing Ethereum. We’re investing all of our earnings and resources into doing this and we have gone from zero to millions of new people onchain in 1.5 years.

Base and Coinbase have and continue to… https://t.co/VR3BAAUhIc

Some more thoughts on this after the weekend:

1. Purity tests like “do you hold all the ETH you earn” are a distraction and hurt Ethereum. Overfixating on virtue signaling like this distracts us from the real work, which is building products that people love and creating…

jesse.base.eth

I took some time to write up my thoughts on the FUD around Base and our ETH earnings.

TL;DR purity tests like this are currently a scourge on Ethereum and we need to fix the culture to refocus on building and delivering value to real people.

https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1889032217671946274

The creative social network. ✳︎ rodeo.club

skininthegame

Competition is for losers https://t.co/ZjHwepLVjA

Nick Tomaino

PLEASE SHARE

https://x.com/ntmoney/status/1887579955011477691?s=46&t=CJb1D8GzV2qvXPeMRuc_Wg

Blockchains are run by full nodes, not validators

Decentralization means users verify for themselves

Most chains hide this behind 'XXX TPS'. That is fine, but they are not decentralized or trustless. They are just a different product than Ethereum

Parenting

some personal news: we're having our first baby

we expect him (!!) to come in early march and i'll be more offline than not for the month after, then reducing travel this year. excited to bring another builder into the world.

the @base core team is full steam ahead.

Creators

OpenAI launches o3-mini while DeepSeek’s R1 continues to fuel market debates… new tools, new workflows, new ways to think creatively

let's build clank.fun. prev: web3 founder, improbable, github, amazon. ntik.me

Introducing the Periodic Table of Ringers web app, now live at http://ringers.genart.fun

Inspired by @hilbertspace's Deca gallery and built for the love of Dmitri Cherniak's Ringers collection

A quick dive in 👇

YOU ALL DESERVE THE FUCKING BEST KIND OF JOY IN YOUR LIVES AND SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO IT FOR THE NEXT THOUSAND FUCKING EONS

moshicam

enjoying a very happy birthday in korea!

a huge thank you to the farcaster community – you've taught me so much this past year 💜

devrel

Cross-posting for /devrel.

For SVM, better devX and tooling is the name of the game in 2025, so this is a great opportunity for DevRel folks.

I'm hiring an unusual role at @heliuslabs

- a devrel focused only on Solana, not Helius

the job is simple: talk to devs building on Solana and answer their questions the best you can — i.e., you get paid to be Stack Overflow for the ecosystem

DM me img of your resume to apply

mert | helius.dev

Cross-posting for /devrel.

For SVM, better devX and tooling is the name of the game in 2025, so this is a great opportunity for DevRel folks.

https://x.com/0xMert_/status/1874885337346167258

I like baking /goodbread and building apps on web3 protocols. DevRel @ ENS Labs. gregskril.com

Also yes, this is a very normal walk thought

What happens if you throw a bunch of apples into a blender: juice, cider, applesauce or a secret 4th thing? 

I feel like the answer can’t just be ~it depends how much you blend it~

Design

* HNY2025

We share with you some of our best projects of the past year. 
Now let's keep building and designing new ideas! 

Frame by @dsord3r.eth with @neynar

best farcaster developers build on neynar.com | /neynar

Art director . designer . illustrator
DSORDER.COM
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/odegen /smile /brnd /fos /fartone /superblank

* HNY2025

We share with you some of our best projects of the past year. 
Now let's keep building and designing new ideas! 

Frame by @dsord3r.eth with @neynar 

https://frames.neynar.com/f/377ee9b9/a7eae27b

Hi. I'm Cyberbid. Working as a cyber security analyst 5 years from now. 

I'm from Bangladesh. And 23 years old.

Welcome me to this new platform.

Md Najiullah

@cyberbid