Base’s native coin is USDC and in some ways the L2 is a vampire attack on $eth. 

Yes? No? Dumb?

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Not sure I follow. Gas still gets paid in ETH even if most users aren't aware of it.

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Right, the fact that it’s completely abstracted away and you don’t have to constantly top up is the thing. ETH mindshare dwindles while paying for things in usdc becomes more commonplace