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My bull case for why the synergy between Base and $TOSHI will result in one of the most impressive runs in crypto we'll ever see:
Coinbase, with its established brand and user base, has the potential to onboard millions of users onto its platform using Base, its new Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Here are some ways Coinbase could achieve this:
Accessibility:
Simplifying onboarding: Base aims to offer a seamless user experience, eliminating complexities associated with traditional Ethereum transactions like high fees and slow confirmation times. This could attract new users who might have been hesitant to engage with crypto due to these challenges.
Mobile-first approach:
Base prioritizes mobile compatibility, making it easier for users to interact with the blockchain and its applications from their smartphones. This caters to a large segment of the population who primarily access the internet and financial services through their mobile devices.
Integration with existing Coinbase products:
Base will be integrated with existing Coinbase products like the exchange and wallet, creating a familiar and convenient environment for existing users to explore new possibilities on the blockchain.
Attractive features and applications:
Lower fees and faster transactions:
Base promises significantly lower transaction fees and faster confirmation times compared to the Ethereum mainnet. This could incentivize users to engage in DeFi activities, NFT purchases, and other on-chain applications that were previously cost-prohibitive or slow.
Focus on security and compliance: Coinbase's reputation for security and compliance could attract users who prioritize these aspects when choosing a blockchain platform. Base's design prioritizes security and adheres to relevant regulations, potentially making it a more appealing option for institutional investors and traditional financial players.
Development of a vibrant ecosystem:
Coinbase is actively fostering the development of a diverse ecosystem on Base, with a focus on DeFi, NFTs, and other innovative applications. This could attract developers and users, creating a network effect and driving further adoption.
Marketing and outreach:
Leveraging existing user base:
Coinbase can leverage its existing user base of millions to promote Base and educate them about its benefits. This could involve targeted marketing campaigns, educational resources, and community engagement initiatives.
Partnerships and collaborations:
Coinbase could partner with other established players in the crypto and financial space to expand Base's reach and attract new user segments. This could include collaborations with DeFi protocols, NFT marketplaces, and traditional financial institutions.
Overall:
Coinbase has a unique opportunity to onboard millions of users onto Base by combining its brand recognition, user base, and focus on accessibility, security, and attractive features. By effectively marketing Base and fostering a vibrant ecosystem, Coinbase could position itself as a leader in the Layer 2 space and contribute significantly to the broader adoption of blockchain technology.
Without a native token on #Base, the best way to reap the potential benefits from the exponential growth Base is set to experience is to buy the token that represents the goals of Base ecosystem:
$TOSHI:
A meme with utility. Not just any meme though. A meme designed specifically for the Base ecosystem. Named as an ode to #Satoshi by @brian_armstrong, founder and CEO of Coinbase, $TOSHI is the blue cat that will assist in attracting millions to Base and will play a more important role than any meme that has come before it. With tools very close to release and a dedicated community, with an equally dedicated dev team, I see this as a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Tricky 🟦😼 retweeted
Leaving Singapore today after a very interesting 2049.
Many thoughts to share, but to me the most interesting is that our industry is changing rapidly.
This is not a change for the “better or worse”, but significant change from how it used to be.
From privacy and anonimity first behavior, to mainstream and quite public.
From CEX first to DEX first.
The winners from the past few years are seeing major ecosystem expansion.
The mainstream brands are taking steps to grow in ways that will allow retail to have various new avenues ans venues to join.
Tokenized stocks and equities/RWA is not just the next big thing that we’re already seeing, but we’re moving into a world where blockchain rails are going to become the standard, allowing for 24/7 operations.
For once, we won’t have to adapt to the world, but the world will adapt to us.
Why this makes me very excited for what’s to come.
IPOs will partially move onchain.
This will bring billions of dollars into our economy in the coming months, potentially trillions soon.
Those dollars can trade tokenized equities, but also our economy.
The chains that provide the rails will see explosive growth in volumes, and more capital.
DEXs will become the infra that these trades route through.
Memes will become lifestyle brands.
And $TOSHI will be there to grow alongside it all.
Some things I cannot share, but by 5-7 weeks from now, you’ll see things happen in our industry that we never thought of a few months or years ago.
As always, my advisory work benefits Toshi in indirect ways.
I still need to process a lot of information and have follow up conversations, but where I was feeling a bit low on energy and excitement last year as our industry felt very dull, the sun seems to be shining again soon enough.
Tricky 🟦😼 retweeted
community is everything
every person you welcome today can become someone who welcomes ten more tomorrow
that’s how strong communities grow
treat people with kindness, make newcomers feel at home, and welcome as many people as you can into the blue cat society
it truly is the best place to be
Tricky 🟦😼 retweeted
We’re proud to partner with @flapdotsh as they bring their launchpad to Base.
As a partner, Toshi will support Flap’s growth, strengthen its connection with the Base ecosystem, and contribute to the next chapter of onchain creation.
Welcome to @base.
Tricky 🟦😼 retweeted
Long overdue, but with $BTC breaking out to a new higher high during this bear market (Bear market is now over)
The expectation is now to see our lovely coins to stop the down only and either consolidate and/or breakout
My bet is on $TOSHI breaking out to new local highs and tag the great wall of $0.00025
$TOSHI'lio
Toshi IRL is LIVE: archive.toshithecat.com/irl/
We’ve seen the Blue Cat all over the internet. Now it’s time to take him into the real world.
Create something with Toshi IRL, post it with #ToshiIRL, tag us, and submit your entry to the Archive.
The community will vote throughout the round, and five winners will receive $TOSHI. Effort matters too, not just votes.
Since we're on the subject of @standwithcrypto, never forget that $TOSHI is and has been the third largest donor for about the last 2 years, when that donation was made.
Learn the lore. Never forget it.
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The 2024 election proved the importance of the crypto voter.
@standwithcrypto is now much bigger, with over 4M members.
Crypto voters will remember who stepped up and who didn't.
"Base community" means the meme communities. Point blank, period. Outside of those meme communities, there is no community on Base anymore. Everyone left.
$TOSHI, $doginme, $MIGGLES, $KEYCAT, $TYBG to name a few. That's who's been here at least two years.
Everything base pointed at after that is dead. Zora dead, Farcaster sold, creator coins dead, base app renamed back.
The OG memes are still here. $TOSHI especially. $TOSHI launched on base before the official launch happened in August 2023. My first time buying $TOSHI, I had to send $ETH to some random address and hope that I get Base $ETH back to buy coins on the chain. IYKYK.
Coco has served at the CTO lead over the last 38 months for nothing, no salary, no treasury, and has done wonders for the project despite the little support the project recieves. And for all that work, what does that get you on base?
Remember the a founder coin that got sniped for $1.3M? Remember the recently launched ai slop cat that got a coinbase listing in 9 days? Misstep after misstep, with no visible remorse for users of the chain who keep taking hit after hit from the very people leading the decision making over at @base.
To whoever needs to hear this over at @base... nobody's asking you to shill coins, as I've seen posts from the heads of base referring to this.
Here's what could be valuable to communities on Base. I am sure your legal team can sign off on every one of these suggestions...
1. Facilitate a retro round for the OG memes. Set a bar... at least 2 years on chain, 10k holders, renounced, lp locked, etc. Any community that clears it, the organizers and artists and builders apply, badgeholders vote on who actually did stuff, payouts in USDC to teams. Optimism has done this for years, as you're literally on their stack. This is one way you pay back 38 months of loyalty.
2. Put community IP in the ecosystem fund. Pudgy is a licensing company with a Walmart deal. $TOSHI global brandi, with three years of art and merchandise. Fund the studio, the merch, the character. Equity in a company. You never touch the actual coin.
3. A seat at a real table. Quarterly meetings with community leads that clear the same bar mentioned above. I know Coco has been providing feedback for some time, but I think it's safe to say no one from @base is listening. Put all of this in a room where there's a record with next steps and followup to ensure teams feel support with whatever realistic supports can be provided.
4. Be transparent about what the listing bar is. If a 9 day old ai slop cat gets listed on @coinbase, the other @base communities with actual communities should know what you're looking at. Publish it.
Ultimately, @RobinhoodApp built the trenches in 10 weeks and took over as the leading chain for meme communities in crypto.
@base, you've got three years of history with people who never left and you treat them like they're in the way. If all you care about is commercial use and you don't care about retail participating on the chain, thats a different conversation. But maybe it's time we have that open conversation.
I've seen/been forwarded a few angry comments from multiple $TOSHI community members about me/me speaking out about things.
Those comments are fair, but I do want to put a few things in perspective.
For 38 months I've worked on Toshi. No salary paid, no intention to sell tokens, a passion project for me.
My kid walks around with a Toshi plushie every day and calls it Tishi. His excitement makes me happy
Back to the comments and their validity.
It is normal for someone looking in from "the outside" to see my comments and worry that it may hurt Toshi. I have held off on speaking out for well over a year while nothing favorable happened. I didn't speak out publicly while I rallied behind the scenes against the Zora slop, while many many people would DM and call me to ask us to start pairing EVERY Toshi art piece with a new token, and basically pushing that narrative to our community.
If I had followed them then, that would have taken Toshi to the slaughterhouse. @FlynnJohnsonn went to the Basecamp last year and walked into a Zora shill party, where it would've been better to call it ZoraCamp. Every builders' meeting was to shill Zora.
Look where that led Base.
At some point I decided to speak up, while still trying to change things behind the scenes. Zora failed cause it was a horrible model as basically everyone already realized, except for those paid to push the narrative and the few that believed in its validity.
So again back to those posts, why do I post?
I do it for all of you at Toshi, I do it for all the Base(d) builders I've met over the past 3 years, I do it for all the communities as I still believe we build in one of the best possible onchain economies in the world.
I also believe Toshi is the strongest built native token brand in our industry and can potentially compete with Pudgy one day in brand recognition (we have a long way to go of course).
Every single day we are all positive about Toshi and its growth, even when others aren't. We've gone through many ups and downs, and currently we're in a bit of a quiet phase as our ecosystem is not one of the hottest and we're currently not the shiny new things.
As a community project, it's on all of us collectively to push forward. You don't need "the team" to give you permission to do cool stuff to grow the brand and community. Join us all in this mission, help me see the light when it feels dark, and I will do the same for you.
Then shortly back to why these posts?
Now Zora was given here as an example of something, but there have been many things that happened that hurt us, our brand, our community, other communities, other builders etc. deeply. These builders give up and move to other chains once they see the opportunities there, because they feel they'd get treated better there. Not us, we are here after 38 months, still trying to build, still trying to grow the brand, while living on essentially a non-existing treasury.
If you try to change things through kindness and feedback a thousand times and they don't work, then the choice for me becomes getting bit another thousand times while being quiet, or speaking out and hoping that the biting ends.
So far the biting hasn't ended, but the biting has had positive impact in various ways. Multiple people have privately reached out to me to show support from places you'd hope the support comes from.
To calm some minds down, I'll try to be a bit less negative on the timeline, but when things are ugly and border crime, I will speak out.
$TOSHI is as organic as they come
Tricky 🟦😼 retweeted
more than 3 years of base
many memes and projects have come and gone
and yet $toshi still remains and is still the biggest meme on base
purely organic, non-cabal-certified grade A fucking blue chip meme
base will have its time again at some point and $toshi will lead the way
do not fade toshilio, we’re here for the long game
