Skip to main content
Base is the Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Coinbase. Stablecoin issuance, payments, and compliance controls ship as native chain primitives — no custom contracts to build or audit — settling in under a second for pennies in gas, with direct access to Coinbase’s users and USDC liquidity.

​
Issue Stablecoins

Issue a stablecoin Mint supply Compliance controls

​
Facilitate Payments

Accept a payment Accept subscriptions Pay for APIs with x402

​
Build & Ship

Launch a B20 token Private transactions Test on Vibenet

​
Explore

Build on Base

Use-case guides: stablecoins, payments, and more

Chain

Network, nodes, and protocol specs

SDKs & APIs

JSON-RPC, Flashblocks, and SDK reference

Facilitate Payments

Accept USDC with one-tap checkout

​
Resources