Episode 483
Rowan Stone (Coinbase) on Bringing Offchain Users Onchain (EP.483)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
December 11, 202346m 25s
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Show Notes
In this episode, we sit down with Rowan Stone who leads Business Development at Base – the layer-2 network on Ethereum launched by Coinbase earlier this year. Rowan expands on:
- The decision to build Base using Optimism's OP stack and the "Superchain" vision
- The vectors of centralization in L2 networks and the path to decentralization
- Early use cases on Base across DeFi, loyalty and the creator economy
- The role of business development in growing an L2 network