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In this episode, João Garcia, our Lead Developer Advocate at Cartesi, is joined by Eric Brown, DevRel Lead at Base. Together they explore what it takes to build next-gen dApps and turn rollups into the backbone of abstracted infrastructure. You’ll hear practical insights into dev onboarding, scalable architecture, and the evolving role of developer tooling in modular blockchain design. We’ll explore how platforms like Base and Cartesi empower developers with stronger infrastructure and better UX strategies, while keeping decentralization at the core. Whether you're building today or planning for tomorrow, this is one episode you won’t want to miss.
Base is the #1 Ethereum Layer 2, incubated by Coinbase. It offers a secure, low-cost, developer-friendly platform to build onchain. With fast finality and seamless integrations, Base is helping bring the next billion users onchain.
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