Discover Base
Base is the Layer-2 Ethereum rollup built by Coinbase and secured by the OP Stack. Launched in 2023, it has rapidly become a destination for consumer apps, social (Farcaster, Lens), creator economy, AI-agent payments, and onchain identity. Base bridges Coinbase's 100M+ users into Web3 with sub-cent fees and instant Coinbase Wallet onboarding, making it a top pick for teams targeting mainstream Web3 adoption.
Top picks across the Base ecosystem
- ZoraPost onchain, and let every post trade as its own coin on Base.
- Virtuals ProtocolLaunch and trade tokenized AI agents on Base, paired against VIRTUAL.
- Velodrome FinanceVote-escrow AMM on Optimism: supply liquidity, lock VELO, direct weekly emissions.
- Treasury Manager, Global Treasury Operations
- Product Lead, Developer Experience
- Protocol Security Engineer
- Solana Foundation Grants
- Retro Funding: Audit Grants
- Arbitrum Foundation Grant Program
- Sui Basecamp 2026
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
What is Base?
Base is the Layer-2 Ethereum rollup built by Coinbase and secured by the OP Stack. Launched in 2023, it has rapidly become a destination for consumer apps, social (Farcaster, Lens), creator economy, AI-agent payments, and onchain identity. Base bridges Coinbase's 100M+ users into Web3 with sub-cent fees and instant Coinbase Wallet onboarding, making it a top pick for teams targeting mainstream Web3 adoption.
How do I start building on Base?
The fastest path is to (1) join the Base developer Discord, (2) pull a hello-world template from the official Base docs, (3) deploy to Base's testnet, and (4) apply for a grant or hackathon to fund production work. Dapping tracks Base's active grants, hackathons, and accelerators on this page.
Where can I find Base jobs and grants?
Dapping surfaces Web3 jobs and grants filtered by ecosystem. Use the "Jobs" and "Grants" hubs above to see openings and funding rounds specific to Base, refreshed daily from companies that publish directly on Dapping.
What conferences and events happen in the Base ecosystem?
Major Base events appear in the "Events" hub. The largest annual gatherings typically include the official Base foundation conference plus a year-round circuit of hackathons, meetups, and side-events at Token2049, Devcon, ETHDenver, and Solana Breakpoint.
Is Base a good fit for my dApp?
Coinbase's L2, onchain economy for the next billion users. The ecosystem fit depends on your priorities, transaction throughput, security model, liquidity depth, target user base, and developer language preference all matter. Browse the top dApps in this hub to see what categories have product-market fit on Base today.
Related hubs
- Top dapps on BaseBrowse all Base dapps curated by Dapping.
- Top jobs on BaseBrowse all Base jobs curated by Dapping.
- Top grants on BaseBrowse all Base grants curated by Dapping.
- Top events on BaseBrowse all Base events curated by Dapping.
- Ethereum ecosystemThe original smart-contract platform, DeFi, NFTs, L2s.
- Solana ecosystemHigh-throughput L1, sub-second blocks, sub-cent fees.
- Polygon ecosystemEVM L2 + ZK rollups, Ethereum scaling at scale.
- Arbitrum ecosystemOptimistic rollup L2, the largest by TVL after Ethereum.