{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sina Habibian Podcast","title":"Jesse Pollak: Base, Coinbase's path to building an L2","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/690decd5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6238,"description":"This is my conversation with Jesse Pollak. He led retail engineering at Coinbase for many years — building Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, and Coinbase Wallet. More recently, he is leading the development of Base, Coinbase's L2 built on the OP Stack.\nTimestamps:\n(00:00:00) - intro\n(00:01:43) - sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io)\n(00:03:07) - motivation behind Base\n(00:11:12) - pitching Base to the Coinbase exec team\n(00:14:24) - challenges of innovating on a schedule\n(00:17:54) - failing repeatedly to find the right answer\n(00:22:09) - decision to build an L2 with Michael\n(00:23:30) - convincing Surojit Chatterjee, Coinbase’s CPO\n(00:24:59) - launching Base internally\n(00:31:58) - blockchains as serverless compute\n(00:36:53) - uniswap as a serverless API for currency conversion\n(00:39:30) - the power of small but leveraged teams\n(00:42:31) - how to straddle product building in the onchain and offchain world\n(00:45:25) - sponsor: Privy (privy.io)\n(00:51:22) - the significance of THIS moment in Crypto\n(00:53:56) - getting a 100M devs and 1B users onchain\n(00:57:02) - how the NFT UX will change with Base\n(01:10:13) - how crypto will be incorporated in applications\n(01:14:00) - the risk of onchain heterogeneity\n(01:17:27) - building privacy-oriented onchain platforms\n(01:26:00) - upgrading the financial system\n(01:28:33) - attending Quaker School\n(01:34:43) - relentless positivity in life\n(01:38:47) - building a better future\nJesse Pollak:\njesse.xyz on ETH - https://jesse.xyz/\nTwitter - https://twitter.com/jessepollak\nGithub - https://github.com/jessepollak\nLinks:\nBase - https://base.org/\nCoinbase - https://www.coinbase.com/\nBrian Armstrong - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong\nSurojit Chatterjee Coinbase’s CPO - https://www.coinbase.com/blog/welcome-surojit-chatterjee-coinbases-chief-product-officer\nOP Stack - https://stack.optimism.io/\nUniswap - https://uniswap.org/\nGoldfinch - https://goldfinch.finance/\nZora - https://zora.co/\nThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/C3Wd3nszAU4QnHyhpqedAbSZfxHBJqOl1sGbIOINP3o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYmU1/ZDA1NTc2MTI3MGQ5/OTAwYWVlMTk3OGNi/ODIwNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}