# Base

> Ethereum L2 focused on consumer apps, low-cost EVM transactions, and Coinbase distribution.

- Chain ID: 8453
- Ecosystem: superchain
- Supported protocols/dApps in registry: 17
- Last verified: 2026-06-02 by composewith (confidence: medium)

## Best for

- Consumer crypto apps
- Onchain social and creator products
- Low-cost EVM application deployment

## Tradeoffs

- Sequencer and bridge assumptions differ from Ethereum mainnet
- Some infrastructure support is younger than on Ethereum mainnet

## Build on Base

- [ship a consumer app on Base](https://composewith.eth/intents/base-consumer-app) — zerodev, x402, uniswap, chainlink

## Chain readiness

- [Aave](https://composewith.eth/protocols/aave) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Coinbase AgentKit](https://composewith.eth/protocols/agentkit) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Base](https://composewith.eth/protocols/base) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Chainlink](https://composewith.eth/protocols/chainlink) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Circle (USDC & CCTP)](https://composewith.eth/protocols/circle) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Ethereum Attestation Service](https://composewith.eth/protocols/eas) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Fluidkey](https://composewith.eth/protocols/fluidkey) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Helios](https://composewith.eth/protocols/helios) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [LayerZero](https://composewith.eth/protocols/layerzero) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Lido](https://composewith.eth/protocols/lido) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Pimlico](https://composewith.eth/protocols/pimlico) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Reown (formerly WalletConnect)](https://composewith.eth/protocols/reown) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Snapshot](https://composewith.eth/protocols/snapshot) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [Uniswap](https://composewith.eth/protocols/uniswap) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [x402](https://composewith.eth/protocols/x402) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [ZeroDev](https://composewith.eth/protocols/zerodev) — 50/100 (claimed, no evidence record)
- [ERC-8004](https://composewith.eth/protocols/erc-8004) — 40/100 (claimed, no evidence record)

## Relevant stack recommendations

- [build a DeFi app on Arbitrum One](https://composewith.eth/intents/arbitrum-defi-app) — uniswap
- [build an agentic commerce platform with x402 payments](https://composewith.eth/intents/build-agentic-commerce-with-x402) — x402, erc-8004, base
- [build an onchain AI agent](https://composewith.eth/intents/build-an-onchain-ai-agent) — agentkit, x402, circle, erc-8004
- [build a privacy-first Ethereum wallet](https://composewith.eth/intents/build-privacy-first-ethereum-wallet) — fluidkey, helios
- [build a private smart contract app](https://composewith.eth/intents/build-private-smart-contract-app) — helios
- [build with smart accounts](https://composewith.eth/intents/build-with-smart-accounts) — zerodev, base
- [choose ERC-4337 bundler and paymaster infrastructure](https://composewith.eth/intents/choose-erc-4337-infra) — pimlico, base
- [connect wallets to my app](https://composewith.eth/intents/connect-wallets-to-my-app) — reown, pimlico, base
- [deploy on a low-cost Ethereum L2](https://composewith.eth/intents/deploy-on-a-low-cost-l2) — base
- [earn staking yield on ETH](https://composewith.eth/intents/earn-staking-yield) — lido, aave, uniswap
- [build a privacy-first app on Ethereum mainnet](https://composewith.eth/intents/ethereum-mainnet-privacy-app) — fluidkey
- [need gasless onboarding](https://composewith.eth/intents/gasless-onboarding) — zerodev
- [build an app on the OP Superchain (Optimism)](https://composewith.eth/intents/optimism-superchain-app) — zerodev, uniswap, chainlink, layerzero
- [run DAO governance](https://composewith.eth/intents/run-dao-governance) — snapshot
- [send secure cross-chain messages](https://composewith.eth/intents/secure-cross-chain-messaging) — layerzero, chainlink
- [let users swap tokens inside my app](https://composewith.eth/intents/swap-tokens-in-my-app) — uniswap, base

## Protocols/dApps supporting Base

- [Chainlink](https://composewith.eth/protocols/chainlink) — 100/100 — Decentralized oracle network providing price feeds, verifiable randomness (VRF), automation, and cross-chain messaging (CCIP) to smart contracts.
- [ZeroDev](https://composewith.eth/protocols/zerodev) — 100/100 — Smart account infrastructure for ERC-4337 and EIP-7702 apps, including Kernel accounts, bundlers, paymasters, session keys, gas sponsorship, and chain abstraction.
- [Uniswap](https://composewith.eth/protocols/uniswap) — 94/100 — Onchain automated market maker for token swaps and liquidity, with v4 hooks for customizable pools, the Universal Router for trade routing, and TypeScript SDKs for integration.
- [Fluidkey](https://composewith.eth/protocols/fluidkey) — 93/100 — Self-custodial privacy dApp for receiving, managing, and spending onchain funds through stealth-address smart accounts and a unified wallet interface.
- [Helios](https://composewith.eth/protocols/helios) — 89/100 — Fast, secure, portable multichain Ethereum light client that turns an untrusted centralized RPC endpoint into a locally verifiable RPC for wallets and dapps.
- [x402](https://composewith.eth/protocols/x402) — 89/100 — HTTP-native payment protocol for programmatic stablecoin payments, API monetization, paid content, and agent-to-service commerce.
- [Pimlico](https://composewith.eth/protocols/pimlico) — 88/100 — ERC-4337 account abstraction infrastructure: hosted bundlers and paymasters (gas sponsorship and ERC-20 gas payment) with the permissionless.js SDK, plus the open-source Alto bundler.
- [LayerZero](https://composewith.eth/protocols/layerzero) — 87/100 — Omnichain interoperability protocol for passing arbitrary messages and moving tokens between chains via on-chain endpoints and configurable verification.
- [Aave](https://composewith.eth/protocols/aave) — 84/100 — Decentralised non-custodial liquidity protocol for supplying, borrowing, and earning yield on crypto assets, with programmable money-market primitives.
- [Circle (USDC & CCTP)](https://composewith.eth/protocols/circle) — 84/100 — Regulated US-dollar stablecoin (USDC) plus the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) for native 1:1 USDC transfers across chains via burn-and-mint.
- [Ethereum Attestation Service](https://composewith.eth/protocols/eas) — 84/100 — Free and open protocol for making on-chain and off-chain attestations — structured, signed, verifiable records about anything — on EVM-compatible chains.
- [Reown (formerly WalletConnect)](https://composewith.eth/protocols/reown) — 84/100 — Onchain UX SDK (AppKit) and the WalletConnect connection standard — the common layer for connecting external wallets to dapps across wallets and chains, plus auth and transaction flows.
- [Snapshot](https://composewith.eth/protocols/snapshot) — 84/100 — Off-chain, gasless multi-governance voting platform for DAOs, DeFi protocols, and NFT communities, with onchain execution paths (e.g. oSnap via Safe) for binding results.
- [Base](https://composewith.eth/protocols/base) — 82/100 — Ethereum L2 built on the OP Stack and incubated by Coinbase, offering low-cost EVM execution and a large consumer-app distribution surface.
- [Lido](https://composewith.eth/protocols/lido) — 82/100 — Liquid staking protocol: deposit ETH to receive stETH (wstETH on L2s) and earn staking rewards while keeping the staked position liquid and composable across DeFi.
- [Coinbase AgentKit](https://composewith.eth/protocols/agentkit) — 81/100 — Coinbase Developer Platform toolkit for giving AI agents a crypto wallet and onchain capabilities — wallet management plus composable actions across protocols, framework-agnostic (LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, and others).
- [ERC-8004](https://composewith.eth/protocols/erc-8004) — 78/100 — Trustless agent discovery and trust infrastructure using onchain identity, reputation, and validation registries for autonomous agents.

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