Base

1/ Had a pretty big nostalgia flashback when I saw Coinye West was relaunched on Base. 

Messed around with it myself back in 2014 before it was shut down by Kanye and his lawyers.

Legit curious how Coinbase would react now if Kanye tried to go after it again.

Ethereum and CryptoPunks OG | EIP-1559 co-author | Solo Staker | Angel Investor

2/ Until Base moves onto more decentralization, I suppose the sequencer/nodes could censor txs. 

That said, I would think Coinbase or any L2 would fight any lawsuit hard because censorship would be a big blow to future adoption of that L2

3/ I kind of doubt Kanye cares these days but who knows. Also, now you have to try and bully Coinbase, not a couple small devs with 0 money. 

Of course, the media attention alone on L2s, Coinbase and the coin would be

Coinye West

1/ A thread about the lore of Coinye West.

$COINYE isn't just any other memecoin. It's a reboot of what could have become one of the most famous memecoins in crypto history

Let's begin in early 2014, just months after the launch of Doge, and Coinye West was announced.

4/ For those curious about the history:

https://warpcast.com/coinyewest/0x9d38c417