Feb 25, 2023
In today's show, we bring on Ben Jones, Chief Scientist of the Optimism Foundation, Karl Floersch, CTO at OP Labs, and Jing Wang, Executive Director of Optimism Foundation
The five discuss Coinbase's Base launch, the OP Stack integration, and what it means for the Superchains vision!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
6:20 Sentiment at Optimism
7:00 Biggest Deal with the News?
11:28 Reflection on Coinbase's Base
15:45 OP Stack
17:15 Is Base a Competitor?
20:53 Puberty State of Chains
33:30 Superchains
40:35 Security of the Superchains
44:35 Superchain Standards
51:51 Base Decentralization Timeline?
57:10 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Coinbase Base Announcement
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/introducing-base
Optimism + OP STack Details
https://optimism.mirror.xyz/2jk3D1Y8-hid8YOCUUa6yXmsyzNCYYyFJP0Nhaey9x0
Ben Jones
https://twitter.com/ben_chain
Karl Floersch
https://twitter.com/karl_dot_tech
Jing Wang
https://twitter.com/jinglejamop
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