Coinbase-incubated Base is gearing up for a mainnet launch as the Ethereum layer 2 ecosystem heats up. Path to Base mainnet includes a certain set of objectives to be met. The official timeline for the mainnet launch has not been revealed yet, but Optimism’s upcoming Bedrock upgrade remains a crucial factor.
Base Mainnet
The Base testnet, which is based on a roll-up agnostic superchain powered by Optimism, has been running since February this year, during which it focused on aspects such as auditing the OP Stack and Base infrastructure to increase platform security, as well as load testing the infrastructure to ensure ot can support scale.
“We’ve been building towards Mainnet Genesis, the first step of delivering a decentralized platform that scales Ethereum with fast, low-cost and secure transactions.”
While Base is currently being incubated by Coinbase, the end goal for it is to become fully decentralized. Mainnet Genesis is the first step towards achieving the same, the latest blog post announced. So far, Base has reported the completion of the Regolith hard fork on the testnet. An infrastructure review with the OP Labs team has also been conducted.
Base is now anticipating a successful upgrade of Optimism’s Bedrock in…
