Web3
Why Base Chain Matters for Consumer Web3
After deploying a prediction market on Base, here is why it has quietly become the most pragmatic chain to build consumer Web3 apps on in 2025.
Base - Coinbase's L2 - has quietly become the most pragmatic chain to build consumer Web3 apps on. After deploying my prediction market dApp on Base, here is why I think it matters.
Fees that finally make sense
Transactions on Base cost cents, not dollars. For a prediction market with high transaction volume, this is the difference between viable and dead-on-arrival.
A real on-ramp
Because Base is by Coinbase, the fiat-to-on-chain UX is as smooth as Web3 has ever been. Users do not need a 14-step bridging tutorial.
EVM-native
Your existing Solidity, Foundry, Hardhat and Wagmi stack just works. No new mental model to learn.
The downside
Base is still relatively centralized in sequencing. If you are building truly trust-minimized infrastructure, you may want to wait. For consumer apps, the tradeoff is worth it.