Base, the Coinbase-backed EVM chain pitched as Ethereum’s personal layer 2, has simply acquired its strongest endorsement but, straight from Vitalik Buterin.
In a uncommon social media shoutout, Vitalik declared Base the suitable technique to scale, providing a quicker consumer expertise via centralized sequencing whereas remaining linked to Ethereum’s safety layer, which means that funds can’t be stolen or frozen.
Vitalik defined that Base doesn’t maintain custody, withdrawals are assured by the Ethereum mainnet code and the L2Beat stage 1 tag implies that customers are actually protected in opposition to rug pulls, somewhat than it being simply advertising speak. He additionally dismissed the concept L2s are “simply servers,” citing examples the place censorship was blocked and funds remained safe even when operators have been offline.
Even Base’s safety council setup contains exterior members to forestall unilateral management.
Coinbase CEO Armstrong reacts
Brian Armstrong didn’t pen a protracted essay however merely boosted the thread with a brief remark: “Nice thread to learn via on Base,” which is sufficient to present that Coinbase is totally supporting Vitalik’s perspective.
Nice thread to learn via on @base https://t.co/sdDUHhEhcI
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) September 23, 2025
From the Base facet, Jesse Pollak spelled out how sequencers work: they bundle and order transactions, then the primary layer settles them and at any second a consumer can bypass Base totally by going straight via Ethereum. He added that Base already runs on stage-1 decentralization, with permissionless block proposals stay, whereas stage 2 is in progress.
Is Base legit?
The takeaway is clearly that Base shouldn’t be a custodial sidechain or an trade in disguise. It’s Ethereum infrastructure constructed to scale with out breaking belief. Vitalik endorsed it, Armstrong amplified it and now the talk over Base’s legitimacy seems to be over.
