What is Base?

Base is a secure, low-cost, and developer-friendly Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution built on the Optimistic Rollup technology. Developed by Coinbase, Base is designed to provide a more scalable, faster, and cost-effective environment for decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain, while ensuring Ethereum’s security and decentralization.

Key Features of Base

• Scalability: By utilizing Optimistic Rollups, Base significantly reduces transaction costs and increases throughput, enabling dApps to scale while maintaining security and decentralization.
• Low-Cost Transactions: Base offers lower transaction fees compared to Ethereum's Layer 1, allowing users and developers to interact with dApps in a cost-effective manner.
• Developer-Friendly: Base is designed with developers in mind, offering compatibility with Ethereum tools and infrastructure, including Solidity, Ethereum wallets, and developer tooling like Hardhat and Truffle.
• Secure: By inheriting Ethereum's security model, Base ensures a trustless and decentralized environment for users and developers.
• Optimistic Rollups: Base’s core infrastructure is built on Optimistic Rollups, which batch transactions off-chain and submit them to Ethereum, reducing congestion and increasing scalability.

You can read more about Base and its features in the official documentation.

Use Base with Holyheld

As a user, you can seamlessly on- and offramp into or from all liquid assets on Base directly through Holyheld, whether on the web or mobile app. Holyheld supports nearly all popular wallets—find out more about supported wallets here.

Developers and Projects

If you're building on Base, Holyheld offers a comprehensive SDK to integrate On- and Offramp functionalities into your protocol or wallet. Reach out to leverage our SDK for your development needs.