$BASE Catalyst Posts
October 17, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $BASE Profile · Market Rankings
💬 Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence
82 source posts analyzed· 2026-10-17T03:17:26+00:00Base Dc Shut Down If a Big project like @base treats us this way then where are we supposed to put our trust? I’ve been with Base for almost 3 years I worked in the Base Discord for almost 11 months but my work was never valued and I was never granted a role. @jessepollak
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AI visual analysis: A screenshot of the Base Discord server page showing it has 11,215 online members and 588,229 total members, which contextualizes the post's complaint about the platform shutting down and the user's feelings of being undervalued after working for the community for nearly a year.
· 2026-10-17T10:53:30+00:00Since April 10, 2023 , I’ve been helping out on the @base Discord. I responded to tickets, helped and fought spam and scams. I did all of this for free!!! @jessepollak decided to just get rid of us and Discord. Can we still trust the Base and its team after this?
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AI visual analysis: A screenshot of a Farcaster profile for "Medvejonok" (medvejonOk) displaying Ambassador and Moderator roles, alongside numerous "Based" achievement badges such as Based Advocate, Based Influencer, Based Caster, Based Initiate, and Based Builder. The image visually supports the post's claim of unpaid community moderation work for the @base Discord, showcasing the user's extensive verified contributions.
· 2026-10-17T04:08:13+00:00Base Discord Shutdown @base
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AI visual analysis: A Discord screenshot from the #advocate-chat channel shows Base founder Jesse Pollak (jessepollak) welcoming user @cb03 (old account) as a Base advocate on 22/05/2023 at 23:59, saying "super excited you're here" — illustrating the kind of community engagement and advocate recognition that has been part of Base's Discord before its reported shutdown.
· 2026-10-17T17:12:00+00:00YOU LAUGHED AT ME WHEN I TURNED AGAINST @base and @jessepollak Now look at the direction where base is going. Discord is dismissed for such a BIG project. They successfully farmed you for years in the name of $BASE Airdrop We are being FOOLs once again!
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AI visual analysis: A screenshot of a tweet warning followers not to be "FOOLED" by @jessepollak's upcoming plans, claiming they will "EXPOSE everything next week" and that users "will never get $BASE airdrop anytime soon," accusing the project of repeatedly betraying its users. The text aligns with the accompanying post's criticism of Base and its founder, highlighting a coordinated message about alleged deception and the manipulation of community members waiting for a $BASE airdrop.
· 2026-10-17T13:52:26+00:00I’m not the best at coding, but I decided to give this hackathon a shot anyway, wish me luck!! I tried my best and built CryptoMemo for the @paybox x @moonpay hackathon. The idea is simple: → Agent asks for a BTC signal → PayBox triggers a $0.10 x402 payment on Base
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· 2026-10-17T04:24:52+00:00you are not depressed, u just need: - 5 figs Polymarket airdrop - 5 figs Base airdrop - 5 figs Hyperliquid airdrop (S3) yeah, and thats not too much to ask tbh
· 2026-10-17T07:02:08+00:00Coinbase and Marqeta just announced stablecoin backed cards Marqeta will issue the cards. Coinbase will handle custody and conversion, with Base used for settlement. Stablecoins are moving closer to everyday spending.
· 2026-10-17T11:28:28+00:00IPX Completes $4 Million Seed Round with $125 Million Valuation—This Isn't Just Another "Celebrity Coin" Story, But IP Tokenization Starting to Fill Infrastructure Gaps. Built on Base, IPX is positioned as an Intellectual Property Agentic OS, Token Launchpad, and Exchange. What
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AI visual analysis: An informational graphic titled 'IPX · 从 IP 代币化到商业执行' details an Agentic OS + Token Launchpad + Exchange platform with statistics like 400万美元 seed funding and 1.25亿美元 valuation.
· 2026-10-17T21:49:41+00:00Paying creatives on trust is broken. So I built ClausePay for the @PayBox hackathon. Agent hires a creative → deposit via PayBox → the balance only releases when every clause is met. Late? Docked automatically. Missing something? Blocked. Ran it live on Base: 0.10
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· 2026-10-17T11:00:37+00:00POV; you are a based marketer and product manager in CT who understands that RESULTS > NOISE I’m still that brand with strong credibility and marketing strategies built to solve your devs problem From pushing meme tokens across SUI, BASE, FTM, XRP, SOL, TON and more, to also
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AI visual analysis: A screenshot of a Discord post titled 'Meme-coin Data extraction' listing various crypto projects like Cortana, PatriotXSUI, UFOC, DMOON, and ITALIANO with their respective chains, roles, and market cap changes.
· 2026-10-17T11:18:29+00:00Hey Based, the @base Advocates program ends today, which means we’re leaving the Base community too.The Base Discord is still there, it’s just us that are gone. Wanted to say a few things from my side. These last few years at Base meant a lot to me, and I learned so much. Some
· 2026-10-17T18:43:15+00:00Never thought we'd reach a day like this. Being a @base Advocate has been a special part of my journey. I learned a lot, met some genuinely amazing people, and made memories I'll always look back on. A big thanks to @svmvn and all the Advocate Leads @biewen_ @0xKacperrr0
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AI visual analysis: A Discord message from user cb03cc68.base.eth dated 04/03/2026 welcoming @Gojo 24/7 and @Mariana_ bee to the Base advocate group for their work assisting others and reporting scammers. This relates to the post by celebrating becoming a Base Advocate, as it shows the welcome announcement from cb03cc68.base.eth recognizing new advocates for their contributions.
· 2026-10-17T14:29:42.124000+00:00Base App is now Coinbase Wallet ,what changed, and your Smart Wallet questions answered
· 2026-10-17T00:50:22+00:00Physical AI doesn’t just need more data. It needs data you can actually trust. @vangrid_io is solving this by anchoring every capture on Base using EAS + Merkle batching. Captures are fingerprinted, batched into Merkle trees, and the root is attested onchain. Anyone can
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AI visual analysis: An abstract, blurry image featuring black and white fluid-like shapes, possibly resembling ink in water or smoke.
· 2026-10-17T03:34:37+00:00Base Weekly Episode 15 Recap! ➥ For episode 15 we welcomed back @Xipzer founder of @BaseStonk . We got to hear about the latest from the project, how the relationship with @base is growing, and what the future will bring for the launchpad that's really looking to put holders,
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AI visual analysis: A neon-lit graphic promotes 'The bigwil Show: Base Weekly Episode 15 Recap', featuring a blue robot-like figure in a hard hat sitting at a microphone with an 'ON AIR' sign and a mug labeled 'Based:'.
· 2026-10-17T19:35:39+00:00@Base 's Advocates program in Discord has been discontinued. They explained the reason as budget and channel strategy. Something like the roles on the DC side might not come up in Arbitrum. But still, I'm continuing with tx's just for the sake of activity!
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AI visual analysis: DEPLOYMENT TERMINAL interface for Base Mainnet showing a Contract Deployer with options for BNB TOKEN, BEP GATE, COUNTER, STORAGE, TIMER, and NFT, with wallet score of 0/100.
· 2026-10-17T15:46:18+00:00Been using @base since 1774… almost 643 years of patience Maybe the Base airdrop and token launch will happen in 2489 Until then, keep grinding, complete all tasks, collect Discord roles, and keep believing in Base. Anyway, good night, Base fam!
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AI visual analysis: The Coinbase logo, displaying a blue square next to the word 'base' in black lowercase letters.
· 2026-10-17T17:35:42+00:00Big week on @base
· 2026-10-17T03:40:19+00:00a decentralized data network needs more than contributors and captures. it needs an economy where verification and payment are part of the same system. that’s what stands out about @vangrid_io moving its economy fully onchain, live on @base . - every capture verified - every
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AI visual analysis: A person with curly hair wearing a black button-up shirt stands against a partly cloudy sky, holding a bouquet of delicate white and pink wildflowers that obscures their face.
· 2026-10-17T09:28:23+00:00you are not depressed, u just need: - 5 figs Polymarket airdrop - 5 figs Base airdrop - 5 figs Hyperliquid airdrop (S3) - 6 figs from axis yeah, and thats not too much to ask tbh
· 2026-10-17T10:26:03+00:00People ask why we chose @base because we want BRIXES to still matter a year from now not just during mint week Base is building the actual infrastructure: tokenized assets. earn. real-world use cases that aligns with our vision stay 32×32. stay BRIXES
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· 2026-10-17T15:57:36+00:00what does putting a real-world capture onchain actually prove? not necessarily that what the camera recorded is true. that's an important distinction when looking at @vangrid_io Vangrid groups capture records into Merkle trees and anchors their roots on Base, allowing someone
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AI visual analysis: A promotional graphic for VANGRID with the text 'PROVENANCE IS NOT TRUTH' and 'ONCHAIN RECORDS CAN VERIFY HISTORY, THEY CANNOT PROVE THE OBSERVATION IS TRUE,' showing a warehouse scene with a person holding a phone.
· 2026-10-17T15:04:00+00:00$BASE AIRDROP WILL BE THE WORST AIRDROP OF ALL TIME MANY WILL GET PEANUTS FARMING FOR YEARS
· 2026-10-17T10:06:11+00:00Base Discord is now unattended. No more activity there. We are all waiting for the $BASE TGE and Airdrop What's going on?
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AI visual analysis: Screenshot of a Discord message from user 'Biewen' at 3:54 PM stating: 'Because the team has decided not to continue the advocate program, Discord is now unattended. They would be better off contacting Coinbase directly or reaching out on Twitter.'
· 2026-10-17T12:08:20+00:00Base Discord Shutdown Next? @base has ended its Advocate Program after 3+ years Volunteers who helped build and manage a 550K+ member community are stepping away, leaving Discord with less support Users are now being directed to Coinbase support or X With $BASE
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AI visual analysis: A Discord chat where Biewen announces the advocate program has ended, redirecting them to contact Coinbase directly or Twitter, and Medvejonok thanks him and expresses disappointment about the time spent on Discord.
· 2026-10-17T03:31:22+00:00sometimes the smartest answer is: i cant verify that. ARC terminals latest TSLA example is interesting for exactly that reason. ANIMA saw a possible explanation for the move, but no filing or official source connected the two. so it didnt turn the guess into a claim. that
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AI visual analysis: A stylized digital portrait shows a young man with glasses and a beige jacket leaning on a railing in the foreground, with a futuristic city, waterfall, and ocean visible in the background; a sign in the foreground reads 'ARC Terminal' with the tagline 'CONNECT • BUILD • DEPLOY'.
· 2026-10-17T18:51:56+00:00base is the endgame.
· 2026-10-17T05:58:04+00:00Does this mean that the content creator program is also closing? I'd like some specifics - everything is very unclear, but many people are interested. @baseposting @jessepollak @base
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· 2026-10-17T18:00:11+00:00The era of role-hunting on $Base Discord is officially over! The volunteer Advocate program that kept the community running for 3 years has been discontinued. While the Discord server remains open, internal moderation support is practically gone, and response times for support
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AI visual analysis: A Discord message from 'Biewen' at 3:54 PM states, 'Because the team has decided not to continue the advocate program, Discord is now unattended.'
· 2026-10-17T11:48:00+00:00Collecting data is only part of the job. Verifying it matters too. That’s where Base comes in for @vangrid_io . Blockchain records can help anchor data proofs and attestations, making it easier to check whether records match what was submitted. This adds transparency and
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AI visual analysis: A black screen showing the white 'VANGRID' logo and the text 'THE SPATIAL CORTEX FOR PHYSICAL AI'.
· 2026-10-17T09:20:00+00:00bm $base i just swapped some @base aero for base eth through coinbase web and the experience was smooth af you can now use @coinbasewallet on desktop or mobile
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· 2026-10-17T04:44:53+00:00Is @base heading toward a shutdown, or is this just a cost cutting move? The advocate program has ended, and its Discord is now unattended. What do you think is happening behind the scenes? Share your honest take
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AI visual analysis: A Discord message from a user named 'Biewen' at 3:54 PM stating, 'Because the team has decided not to continue the advocate program, Discord is now unattended. They would be better off contacting Coinbase directly or reaching out on Twitter.'
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· 2026-10-17T23:58:02+00:00introducing gann, a driving test for ai agents with wallets. giving an ai agent access to your money is one thing. knowing whether it can actually make good spending decisions is another. so i built gann for the @paybox hackathon. powered by payBox mcp and built on @base , gann
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AI visual analysis: A webpage for 'gann' advertises 'A practical test for spending agents' with the headline 'Give your agent a budget. See its judgment,' featuring stylized offer cards and a caption noting 'It overpays for duplicate offers.'
· 2026-10-17T08:47:28+00:00Introducing "Depot Deathmatch" Only one guy will leave today's shift. Choose your preferred weapon class, and get the final signature. Shoot it out with your @base friends, with multiplayer coming soon. primestonks.fund/deathmatch
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· 2026-10-17T06:16:23+00:00GM CT. Everyone watches the chain. I’m watching what gets built on it. @base has a real advantage: a connection to Coinbase’s reach and Ethereum’s open ecosystem. But the bigger story is which projects can turn that positioning into products people actually use. That’s where
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AI visual analysis: A desk setup featuring a laptop and phone displaying the 'Base' logo, alongside a coffee mug and notebook, with a city skyline at sunset in the background.
· 2026-10-17T04:21:36+00:00$1,200. One open bounty. @vangrid_io 's "train depot road" — $1,200, escrow locked on Base, waiting for an operator. The biggest open offer on the board; @vangrid_io 's night shift left one on the table. The take: the morning has a price tag. Who's filming the depot road?
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· 2026-10-17T04:20:00+00:00I stopped relying on dashboard screenshots and started checking the actual onchain records. With vangrid_io, the explorer lets you inspect the Base activity, EAS attestations, and Merkle batches yourself. The bounty board is at data.vangrid.io, while
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AI visual analysis: A promotional screen for the 'Vangrid Explorer' blockchain analytics platform, displaying dashboards with metrics like 'BLOCK HEIGHT 824 913', 'TRANSACTIONS 444 585', and transaction activity charts on a laptop.
· 2026-10-17T13:24:27+00:00It will always be one of the things I'm most proud of I'm glad I got to be a @base Advocate for two years @jessepollak
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AI visual analysis: A Twitter/X profile page for 'Mehi base.eth .ink' (@mehi_73), described as 'Advocate Vanguard @base', with a cartoon avatar, born April 12, 1994, joined July 2021, with 3,984 Following and 1,811 Followers.
· 2026-10-17T15:53:59+00:00track, trade, and build baskets with tokenized stocks on Base 24/7 at afterbook.app. working on a few more trader tools to add this weekend. what features would actually help you trade stonks on Base?
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· 2026-10-17T13:30:00+00:00huge week on base. > @aeroxyz added 20 new coinbase tokenized stocks on base. > @feeldotcash : korean went live, alongside a $1m meta stock trading campaign. > @korprotocol reached 150k mints on kor id. > @OpenGradient brought recast to dreamfort > earn & borrow: base
· 2026-10-17T15:49:28+00:00Joined the Points Program for @2FactorFinance and this is actually worth talking about. 2Factor is live on Base and building with Coinbase. They are bringing Kelly-optimized leverage onchain, which is a real use case for Coinbase's tokenized stocks ecosystem. Most leverage is
· 2026-10-17T18:27:30+00:00Soon very soon all our goal well fullfilled And when that happen everything will reach their rightfull pleace
· 2026-10-17T17:42:17+00:00glider is already live on multiple chains like eth , base, solana, arbitrum and bnb and now sui is coming to glider too just think about it, you can manage crypto and stocks, explore different chains and build your portfolios all from one place i like seeing more options being
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AI visual analysis: A presenter stands on stage in front of a large screen displaying the text "GLIDER is coming to Sui".
· 2026-10-17T00:55:47+00:00
· 2026-10-17T09:30:20+00:00這個才是 Sui Basecamp 的 One More Thing
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AI visual analysis: A Twitter/X profile screenshot for 'evan.sui (@EvanWeb3)', co-founder & CEO of Mysten Labs, along with a linked article in Chinese about Evan Cheng becoming CTO to lead a new AI division.
· 2026-10-17T10:10:42+00:00no saturday is complete without baseposting, this is your sign to: - be on @base . - build on base. - create on base. - trade on base. be $base -d
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· 2026-10-17T15:11:41+00:00Good night everyone A dashboard screenshot shows numbers. The @vangrid_io Explorer lets you inspect the records behind them. Each capture gets a fingerprint when recorded. Those fingerprints are grouped into a Merkle tree, with the root attested on Base through EAS. The raw
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AI visual analysis: A laptop displaying the Vangrid Explorer dashboard, which shows analytics including a bar chart and statistics like '923 913 TRANSACTIONS' and '231,730 USDC'.
· 2026-10-17T08:21:33+00:00Happy weekend to all @base enjoyers Let’s touch some grass on @CoinbaseWallet who is in?
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· 2026-10-17T07:37:20+00:00现在明星、名人发币已经不是什么新鲜事了,热度高、传播快,开场往往不缺关注。但热闹过后,钱用在哪、项目做到了哪一步,才是我更想看的。 刚公布完成 400 万美元种子轮融资、估值达 1.25 亿美元的 @IPXExchange ,走的就是围绕具体 IP 项目做代币化这条路。 IPX 基于 Base
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AI visual analysis: A Chinese-language website landing page for "IPX" advertising a brand-new operating system, with visible statistics including "1,000+" and "500" alongside Chinese text.
· 2026-10-17T12:16:31+00:00Great games deserve some love indeed! I've played all 100+ games submitted to the Co-op Jam on @RemixGG_ and picked my favorites! It wasn't easy, though. The games just keep getting better and better every day! Now it's your turn! Jump in, play some amazing games and
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AI visual analysis: A confirmation screen with a green checkmark reading 'ALL CAUGHT UP - Great Games Deserve Some Love' and 'You made 58 picks. Thanks for helping the best games rise.'
· 2026-10-17T13:00:01+00:00Base is building beyond simple transactions, and this week’s updates show how quickly its ecosystem is expanding. From Earn & Borrow and $6.1B in DeFi TVL to tokenized stocks, stablecoin payments, and AI-powered x402 transactions, new use cases are taking shape across the
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AI visual analysis: A 'Weekly Recap' graphic from Base displaying five cards with various app icons, including a thumbs-up, a blue starburst logo, and arrow designs.
· 2026-10-17T16:48:53+00:006/8 minted 2 remain
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· 2026-10-17T02:35:26+00:00$BASE OGs, it's time to check your onchain history Just checked my wallet on Basescan: Transactions: xx,228 Active Age: 3 Years, 95 Days Unique Days Active: 2 Years, 288 Days Longest Streak: 1 Year, 116 Days+ counting This isn't about luck It's about
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AI visual analysis: A screenshot of a Basescan.org Analytics page showing transaction analytics with arrows pointing to the 'Analytics' tab and '1 Year 116 Days' longest streak metric.
· 2026-10-17T21:12:41+00:00Cooking drb
· 2026-10-17T14:25:32+00:00happy weekend everyone feeling energetic asf today don't know why lol let's channel that into base
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AI visual analysis: A silhouetted figure in a kimono raises a glowing cube toward the sun, creating a dramatic blue halo of light against a Japanese temple setting.
· 2026-10-17T07:40:22+00:00next big project is _____? $POLY$VAR$BASE$INK$ARCUS $SEA Did I miss anything?
· 2026-10-17T16:31:18+00:00After 2 years of contribution as a Base Advocate for Base Discord and Base Reddit communities, I’m bringing you the sad news of a chapter ending. There has been ups and downs but the Base community would have never reached this stage and this big without every Advocates and
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AI visual analysis: A screenshot of a Telegram chat in the '#advocate-chat' group where user 'simon.base.eth' welcomes '@DARKSPELLMASTER.base.eth' as a Based Applicant, with text below reading 'Welcome to the Based Advocacy Program.'
· 2026-10-17T18:29:25+00:00we’re all gonna make it on @base but first, evolve from a farmer into a builder, creator, trader, or onboarder who brings real value to the Base eco. every step you take to contribute helps you grow into a better version of yourself. the future belongs to those who build it.
· 2026-10-17T14:57:52+00:00After three years of my journey with @base as an Advocate has come to an end. First of all, a big thank you to @CryptoStatuette , @svmvn They supported me, taught me so much, and gave me the opportunity to be part of an amazing ecosystem and team. Together we helped build a
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AI visual analysis: The 'base' logo featuring a solid blue square icon followed by the word 'base' in lowercase black text on a white background.
· 2026-10-17T23:59:25+00:00i built ‘Scrip’, a @PayBox plugin for the @moonpay hackathon it’s an invoice an agent can issue and use to pay USDC on base the invoice is a link, the payee and amount cap are checked before anything is proposed, so a tampered link is refused it’s built for freelancers and
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· 2026-10-17T10:18:33+00:00NOTICE: SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ARC HOUSE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ What brought you to Arc House, and what would make you want to come back? Arc want to hear about your experience and what you would like to see in the future. This
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AI visual analysis: A webpage or app interface displaying two survey cards: 'Arc House Survey' and 'Discord Usage Survey', both posted in the 'Blog' section on Oct 16th, 2026.
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· 2026-10-17T03:41:21+00:00The next chapter of Physical AI is being built with data. @axisrobotics is turning community interactions into robot training trajectories through its Compounding Data Engine. 7.71M+ trajectories. 243K+ users. 7.35M+ on chain transactions on Base. The idea is simple: more
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AI visual analysis: A robotic arm in an 'AXIS Robotics' facility with branding on the walls and a laptop displaying controls on a workbench.
· 2026-10-17T04:56:09+00:00so the Base Discord is shutting down? ngl, this one hurts. i’ve been around @base for almost 3 years and spent nearly 11 months working in the Base Discord. i gave my time to the community, stayed active, helped where i could, and kept showing up. but after all that, i never
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AI visual analysis: A social media post about Base blockchain describes it as 'a secure, low-cost, developer-friendly Ethereum L2 built for the future of global finance' with 11,215 online and 588,229 members.
· 2026-10-17T07:19:07+00:00How @jessepollak @brian_armstrong @cobie be feeling when they see how stocks are performing on @base Cobie's face was hard to get
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· 2026-10-17T09:16:45+00:00the integration of stocks across @base's defi continues
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· 2026-10-17T06:44:53+00:00installed that sdk for a side project last week abd honestly the typescript boklerplate was clean enough i didn't even yell at my screen once
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· 2026-10-17T22:59:59+00:00Scanning for @base fam... Are you with us?
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AI visual analysis: A glowing blue holographic display shows a cute cartoon cat character in a traditional kimono labeled 'AXIS ROBOTICS', with the text 'INTELLIGENT INTERACTION' and 'HOLOGRAPHIC SCAN ACTIVE' surrounded by various sci-fi data monitors and waveforms.
· 2026-10-17T04:30:48+00:00I remember watching that birth year pivot live on Wikipwdia years ago and thinking nobody in Minnesota press was going to touch it.
· 2026-10-17T18:53:25+00:00Need one that butters my toast
· 2026-10-17T05:24:59+00:00Axis bitmedimi)
· 2026-10-17T16:37:02+00:00chipotle next
· 2026-10-17T15:01:09+00:00$BASE will arrive in NOVEMBER 2077
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· 2026-10-17T15:28:59+00:00pretty sure we won't even get peanuts it will be atoms
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· 2026-10-17T18:13:47+00:00Ayicik baya hypli
· 2026-10-17T21:12:19+00:00Hazırız kardeşim
· 2026-10-17T22:40:53+00:00love seeing this kind of energy
· 2026-10-17T15:04:32+00:003D from phone captures for a specific place sounds cool, but I worry about how Base verification handles inaccuracies.
· 2026-10-17T20:27:55+00:00keeping it all onchain uh sounds nice
· 2026-10-17T13:12:36+00:00Watching Base turn into the place where trading, credit, and payments actually stay on the same network instead of hopping around. You can move USDC, borrow against a tokenized stock, and let an agent settle a small API call without spinning up separate setups. @base They just
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AI visual analysis: An illustrated image shows a man in a flat cap and suit smoking a cigarette and tipping a top hat while holding a large golden Bitcoin coin and a USDC card, set against a backdrop of cryptocurrency trading charts and a vault.