Building the Global On-Chain Economy with Base - A Conversation with Ryan Nitz, Head of DevRel

Colors of Web3 & Entrepreneurship

In this 28th episode of Colors of Web3 and Entrepreneurship, Lam is joined by Ryan Nitz, the Head of Developer Relations at Base, a layer two blockchain built on Ethereum and backed by Coinbase. Ryan shares his journey from working at AWS to his passion for building in Web3, and dives deep into Base's mission of creating a global on-chain economy that fosters innovation, creativity, and freedom.

Get ready to explore the challenges and opportunities of scaling Ethereum with Base, why they chose the Optimism Stack, and the keys to onboarding the next billion users to Web3. From wallet solutions and identity management to bringing traditional businesses on-chain, this conversation covers the critical elements necessary for mass adoption.

⌛ Timestamps

00:00:00 Episode Intro

00:00:24 Introduction about the show and the guest: Ryan Nitz, Head of DevRel at Base

00:02:14 Ryan's professional background, leading up to his current role

00:11:39 Ryan's hobbies outside of Web3

00:13:40 Deep dive into Base00:22:15 Vision and mission of Base

00:27:05 Collaboration with Coinbase and initiatives on Base

00:37:05 Popular apps on Base & the importance of stablecoins

00:38:46 The impact of gas fees on voting and DAOs movement to L2

00:40:53 Notable games and NFT projects on Base

00:43:05 The efficient and agile team at Base

00:45:42 The day-to-day work of a DevRel team member

00:48:16 Base's philosophy on hiring people - raising the bar

00:52:00 Challenges facing Base and the plan to scale Base further

00:59:20 Ryan's message for builders who are interested in building on Base - retroactive funding

01:02:08 His comment on Superchain's vision and the benefits of being on Superchain

01:05:43 How to onboard 1 billion people on-chain

01:11:20 Advice for people who want to build on Base

01:12:37 Where to follow Ryan

01:13:43 Episode outro and closing remarks

Follow Ryan and Base:

His Twitter/X: https://x.com/consecutionx

His Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/consecution.eth

His company website: https://www.base.org/

His company Twitter/X: https://x.com/base

My social media:

Twitter/X: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/LamWeb3⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamweb3/⁠

Website: ⁠https://lamtrinh.xyz⁠

My latest article: https://lamweb3.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-decentralized-science

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