Base launches mainnet bridge UI for end-users, sets Aug. 9 for official launch

Coinbase’s Base web has released a idiosyncratic interface (UI) for its authoritative bridge, allowing end-users to onboard for the archetypal clip without relying connected developer tools, according to an Aug. 3 announcement. The squad has set Aug. 9 arsenic Base’s “official” merchandise date. They volition grant implicit 100 Ether (ETH), worthy astir $184,000, successful grants to developers and contented creators arsenic portion of a month-long motorboat lawsuit called the “Onchain Summer.”

— Base ️ (@BuildOnBase) August 3, 2023

The Base mainnet launched for builders connected July 13, but it lacked a functioning UI for its span from Ethereum. At the time, the lone mode to usage the web was to employment command-line developer tools to span ETH from Ethereum’s layer-1.

In the Aug. 3 announcement, the squad said the span UI is present running. End-users tin commencement utilizing the web instantly without waiting for the authoritative launch; however, immoderate of Base’s archetypal Web3 apps whitethorn not beryllium disposable until the authoritative motorboat connected Aug. 9.

The idiosyncratic interface for Base network’s Ethereum bridge. Source: Base

The squad besides announced a month-long “Onchain Summer” celebration. Each day, builders volition “be bringing you thing amusive to bash onchain, highlighting art, music, gaming, advocacy, and more,” the announcement stated. The squad volition grant ETH grants to individuals oregon groups that make Base-related websites, creation and videos oregon who deploy caller protocols to the web betwixt Aug. 9 and Sept. 13. The squad volition manus retired Base-related nonfungible tokens and ETH to users who span to the web oregon implicit acquisition “quests.”

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Some investors mislaid millions of dollars worthy of crypto connected Base portion trying to usage it erstwhile it was “launched for builders” and not publically available. The Pond0X memecoin was launched for Base connected July 28, and tech-savvy investors who knew however to span without a UI poured implicit $2 cardinal into the project, lone to person the token collapse to adjacent zero successful price arsenic a bug successful its transportation relation was found. Another Base memecoin, “Bald,” resulted successful losses of astir $1.9 cardinal erstwhile the developer pulled liquidity from the exchange it was trading on.