Base

the @base team is growing

looking for world-class engineers, designers, product, bizops, data science, ecosystem, and marketing. 

and regional leaders in kenya, indonesia, and argentina. 

come be a part of a championship team that's dead set on bringing the world onchain ⬇️

Do you obsess over developer experience, building in the open, and bringing the world onchain by supporting fellow builders?

@base is on a mission to provide the world's best onchain developer experience. Full stop. Come innovate with us:

Do you obsess over developer experience, building in the open, and bringing the world onchain by supporting fellow builders?

@base is on a mission to provide the world's best onchain developer experience. Full stop. Come innovate with us: https://boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?token=5700979&for=basejobs

outcasts

miami

Anyone else going to the Don’t Die Summit today?

Music

u use a ground hog to tell you it’s spring 

i use lane 8’s spring mixtape release

happy spring everyone 🌻

u use a ground hog to tell you it’s spring 

i use lane 8’s spring mixtape release

happy spring everyone 🌻

https://music.apple.com/us/album/lane-8-spring-2025-mixtape-dj-mix/1800547816

🔊 BASE BUILDER QUEST 2 🔊

with Base MCP, you can tap into @base and the onchain economy just by chatting with AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and others.

prompt: create a post showcasing your most interesting Base MCP use case, with hashtag #basemcp. bonus points if you ship a PR to the GitHub repo with new functionality + include the demo video in the PR.

2 ETH prize pool. 24 hours.

submit your build by replying with a link to your post. submissions close Friday 3/21 @ 4pm ET, winners announced at 6pm ET.

what will you build?

The ETH Denver Builder Quest was so popular we're doing it again! 

You have the next 24hrs to show us what you can do with Base MCP for a chance at the 2 ETH Prize Pool! Details below

Just Frame It 🖼️

/just-frame-it applications are officially closed 🫡

53 applications in - reviewing this week 👀

excited to introduce the jury in charge of team selection and judging!

@linda @w @ccarella.eth @ericbrown.eth @stephancill @matthewfox @cojo.eth @tldr @chuckstock @samuellhuber.eth @frankk

Diving in to review the Just Frame It submissions! 

Excited to see how builders are innovating with v2 frames…

meditation

Experiencing your life through thoughts is like experiencing dinner by eating the menu 

I’ve found cold showers to be a great example of this. Are you experiencing the bright, crisp cold? Or are you experiencing your brains interpretation of those sensations as a bad thing?

ONLY FRAME BUILDERS READ THIS

people are literally asking you on the TL, multiple times a day, for ways to spend their money

ride the frames v2 and build a mini-app:

npm create onchain@latest --mini

Ethereum Account Abstraction

Solidity v0.8.29 includes syntax for relocating a contract's storage variables to an arbitrary location. This is necessary to make EIP7702 secure. Put together a quick thread that makes clear why this is the case: https://x.com/0xEricBrown/status/1900189049026998457

https://warpcast.com/ericbrown.eth/0xdb90a73f

Solidity v0.8.29 includes syntax for relocating a contract's storage variables to an arbitrary location. This is necessary to make EIP7702 secure. Put together a quick thread that makes clear why this is the case:

▫️v0.8.29 brings us syntax for relocating a contract's storage variables to an arbitrary location, one of the oldest and most discussed feature requests in our issue tracker.

[EIP-7702: Set EOA account code] in the Pectra upgrade has made this feature critical for safe… https://t.co/fBLeuRyAPI

Finally!!! I spent months toiling away in mines of solidity storage. This pattern will significantly improve security for EIP-7702

A quick thread on why this is necessary for the security of EIP-7702: https://t.co/RchelK3kZe

eric.base.eth

Ready to start your day of refining? 

Here's some music for you:

Ready to start your day of refining? 

Here's some music for you: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnDYB28bL8

Looking to upgrade my desk to a standing desk. Also looking for a good under desk walking treadmill. 

Any recommendations?

Product

Open source products are positioned to win. A short story on MCP

Open source products are positioned to win. A short story on MCP

https://x.com/0xericbrown/status/1897641365875441908?s=46

Video of the riptide this morning in Miami Beach. It’s easier to spot when the waves are calm

Video of the riptide this morning in Miami Beach. It’s easier to spot when the waves are calm 

https://zora.co/coin/base:0x51ef08926f7d76e3f902a72005c30020f94b0ba3?referrer=0x9f62089629fb59325754f14def156d0e052d3542

What are people up to for Miami Music Week? 

Any onchain artists performing?

My grandfather turned 100 recently. Started a series of photos in celebration of his milestone

My grandfather turned 100 recently. Started a series of photos in celebration of his milestone 

https://zora.co/coin/base:0x87e5abe647b95db08266726c72179bf7cea8699f?referrer=0x9f62089629fb59325754f14def156d0e052d3542

Some incredible projects submitted in just 24hrs

Yesterday we announced a builder side quest, asking for web apps that showcased the 10x speed of Flashblocks

We got so many great submissions that we increased the prize pool from 2 to 3 ETH, and announced the 6 finalists live at ETHDenver: https://t.co/HoJjycOL0c

Build on Base

Some incredible projects submitted in just 24hrs 

https://x.com/buildonbase/status/1895610823235813528?s=46

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