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Jesse Pollak

Base creator and lead

An inside view of Base's network direction, upgrades and the people building on it.

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Why read Jesse Pollak?

Jesse is a direct source for Base's product direction. His own site says he created the network and leads it day to day. The Cobalt post is a useful first example: he identifies two changes and explains them through the tasks they are meant to support, transaction timing and issuing or managing assets.

Read his short announcements as an entry point into the work of the team. His Stage 1 post states a decentralization milestone and quotes a separate Base announcement, while Cobalt gives his own compact explanation of an upgrade. Following those different layers helps you keep a leader's summary connected to the underlying network documentation.

Selected work

  1. Post,

    What does an upgrade change for users and builders? He connects validity transactions to control over execution timing and B20 enhancements to issuing and managing assets on Base.

    Cite this selection

    XFollowList, “Cobalt upgrade: validity transactions and B20 enhancements” reading notes in the Jesse Pollak profile. https://xfollowlist.com/people/jesse-pollak#work-db697b3ad93e

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  2. Post,

    How does a network leader communicate a milestone? His own contribution is the short Stage 1 statement; open the quoted Base announcement for the team's supporting explanation.

    Cite this selection

    XFollowList, “Base reaches Stage 1 decentralization” reading notes in the Jesse Pollak profile. https://xfollowlist.com/people/jesse-pollak#work-50e1ae2845f9

    The linked work is the original source; this permalink identifies XFollowList’s reason to read it. Original work published .

    Profile-source checking date and references · Dated reading map

Projects & roles

  • Base

    His own site identifies him as its creator and day-to-day lead.

  • Jesse's open-source work

    His GitHub profile, linked directly from his personal site.

Linked wallets

Tokens in linked wallets

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Sources & further reading

Profile sources checked . This describes checking these references, separately from the publication dates of selected works.

Cite this profile’s source check

XFollowList, Jesse Pollak profile sources. Sources checked 2026-10-09. https://xfollowlist.com/people/jesse-pollak#sources-checked