In a nutshell
- Following the backlash over a fell content gift, Jesse Pollak claimed Base’s “north celebrity” is supporting creators and developers, no traders.
- The statement was made after Pump. Alon Cohen of Fun claimed that investors are the most significant consumers of crypto.
- As Pollak denied any cooperation, tensions increased as Zora, the method used by the mint, announced the launch of its tokens on April 23.
Following criticism over an experimental material sign cut, Coinbase’s Layer 2 system Base father, Jesse Pollak, has defended the product’s focus on creators.  ,
We would love to have you on Base if you are a father or programmer and want to be the top goal,” Pollak tweeted on Monday.
Pollak was speaking in response to Pump. Alon Cohen, a fun co-founder, criticizes him for saying that” traders are simply the most important user group in crypto,” not authors or designers.  ,
The Foundation father retorted,” I love traders, but our northern sun is helping creators and developers build their dreams.”” Everything else is downstream of that,” the Foundation creator said in rebuttal.
The back-and-forth rekindled resentment over Base’s most recent onchain campaign, which saw a post from its official X account be instantly converted into a token through Zora, causing a market cap of$ 16.9 million before falling by 92 % within hours.
Critics, like Cohen, have previously criticized the rollout as irresponsible despite Base’s assurance to last week that it not sold the tokens and that it never did so.
Cohen argued in his most recent response that creative projects cannot continue without the support of investor need. He said,” If traders don’t view value, designers and developers don’t eat and go elsewhere,” he said.
Pollak responded, saying that” trading is downstream of creativity,” and that rise and size are on the rise. He added that his top priority is developing creators and chain-of-creativity.  ,
He said,” Everything else will take care of itself.”
Pollak told Cohen,” Content to [circle back],” and that they will continue to be focused on the voices of developers and developers. Cohen suggested they start the discussion again in a month.
Since the key oregano, Pollak has argued that the bigger goal is creating a “global on-chain market” that prioritizes possession and creativity over speculation.
After the mint’s process, Zora, announced on Monday that it would release its own token this week, tensions grew even more.
Some users speculated that Base’s” gold all” press does have increased snapshot task before Zora’s airdrop, while others, such as Phin Totten, the marketing lead at Ethereum L2 Abstract, made the point.
Jesse Pollak claimed Zora “didn’t understand until after it happened” and that the Basic coin campaign “went 0 to 1 in a day” during the company’s April 23 coin launch.
The auto-minted token, which is a far cry from its peak, is now down 25 % on the day, with a$ 0.0057 valuation for$ 5 million, according to DexScreener data.
edited by Sebastian Sinclair
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