Base Colors

Base Logos just hit 600 mints. Let me break down the technical journey that got us here.👇

The key challenge: recreating Base's iconic gradient logo fully on-chain. Smart contracts don't play nice with SVG gradients or large files - learned this the hard way.
Initial attempts:

Store full gradient SVG → Failed (gas costs astronomical)
Split SVG into storage chunks → Failed (still too expensive)

Then came the pivot. Instead of fighting the EVM's storage limitations with complex SVG gradients, we used layered composition:

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A Collection of Unwashed Genderless Fruit.
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