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Base: activity in Mainnet. Free NFTs on Base.

Base is a secure, inexpensive and user-friendly tool for Ethereum L2 developers that was created to attract users to web3. It’s worth mentioning that Base is built as an MIT OP Stack in collaboration with Optimism. And as stated by the Base team, they specifically joined Core Dev working on the OP Stack to make it publicly available to everyone.

According to the developers, Base is the easiest way for decentralized applications to use the products and distribution of Coinbase, which has over 110 million users with over $80 billion in assets in the Coinbase ecosystem, thereby once again putting an emphasis on scalability.

For almost six months, there has been a testnet. Activity in which was steadily covered in our airdrops section, and recently the project team announced the launch of Mainnet.

Preparation

To interact with the network, you will need to add it to our wallet. If you have already done this, you can skip this point.

Go to the site, connect the wallet and click Add to Metamask:

Preparation

Next, you will need to transfer funds. To do this, you can use both the official bridge and third-party ones. Each of these methods has its pros and cons.

Official Bridge

According to the crypto-community, this method is the most reliable and correct, but the deposit can only be made from the Ethereum Mainnet.

Go to the site and connect the wallet.

Enter the desired amount, click Deposit ETH and confirm the transaction:

Official Bridge

Stargate Bridge

Using this protocol has several pluses, namely: additional activity in LayerZero and the ability to make a transfer from the L2 network.

Go to the site and connect the wallet.

Choose the network from which we will transfer, for example, Optimism. Enter the desired amount, click Transfer and confirm the transaction:

Stargate Bridge

Orbiter Bridge

Another cross-chain protocol from which users expect a drop.

Go to the site and connect the wallet.

Choose the network from which we will transfer. You can choose L1 or any L2 and Base. Enter the desired amount, click Send and confirm the transaction:

Orbiter Bridge

Note: you don’t have to focus on one bridge. You can combine them, thereby hitting multiple protocols. For example, deposit funds using Stargate and withdraw via Orbiter.

Interacting with DeFi

Focusing on the criteria of past airdrops from similar L2, we can assume that this item is one of the main ones. It is desirable not only to make swaps of a couple of dollars, but also to gain the volume of transactions.

In the guide we will touch only a part of the protocols deployed on Base. A more extensive list can be found on DefiLlama. But always keep DYOR in mind.

SushiSwap

Go to the site and connect the wallet. If another network is selected, switch it to the right one:

Interact with SushiSwap. Step 1

Choose tokens for exchange. Enter the desired amount, click Swap and confirm the transaction:

Interact with SushiSwap. Step 2

Go to the Pools tab and select the Base network:

Interact with SushiSwap. Step 3

Select a token pair and click on it. Next Create position:

Interact with SushiSwap. Step 4

Click Full Range and add funds to the pool as shown in the screenshot:

Interact with SushiSwap. Step 5

You can find your position on the My Positions section. To withdraw liquidity, click on it. Then select the Remove tab. Specify the amount of funds you want to withdraw, click Remove and confirm the transaction:

Interact with SushiSwap. Step 6

Maverick

Go to the website and connect the wallet.

Choose tokens to exchange and make the exchange:

Interact with Maverick. Step 2

Next, open the Pools tab, select the desired pair and click on it:

Interact with Maverick. Step 3

Click Next. Select a mod (you can use Static) and click Next again. Enter the desired amount and confirm the addition of liquidity as shown in the screenshot:

Interact with Maverick. Step 4

You can find your position on the Portfolio tab. To close it, click Manage and then Remove. Select Select All and confirm the withdrawal of assets:

Interact with Maverick. Step 5

Aave

A borrowing protocol that allows you to borrow tokens against your cryptocurrency and also gives you the opportunity to lend your tokens at a small APR. In this article, let’s look at this particular mechanic.

Go to the site and connect the wallet.

Change the network to Base, if necessary, and click Supply:

Interact with Aave. Step 2

Enter the desired amount and confirm the addition by clicking Supply ETH:

Interact with Aave. Step 3

Withdraw assets by clicking Withdraw on the homepage.

Interacting with NFT

In this section, we will show you how to commit NFT to MintFun and provide you with a list of marketplaces that support Base.

MintFun

If you want to learn more about this marketplace and earn points for mint, you can visit our guide.

Go to the site, connect your wallet and select the Base network, as shown in the screenshot:

Interacting with MintFun. Step 1

Leaf through the page below, select your favorite collection and click on Mint Now:

Note: the site has both free and paid collections.

Interact with MintFun. Step 2

Choose the quantity of NFTs and confirm the mint.

NFTs can be sold and bought on the following marketplaces: OpenSea, Element, Zonic.

New Activity

Onchain Daily on Galxe

Go to Galxe and perform active tasks. To find out which activities you need to perform, click Detail:

Onchain Daily on Galxe. Step 1

In this task, you need to mint the NFT on the site:

Onchain Daily on Galxe. Step 2

Perform other tasks by analogy and watch for new ones:

Onchain Daily on Galxe. Step 3

Mint NFT

Go to Zora’s site and mint the memorable NFT:Mint a commemorative NFT on Zora

Note: mint deadline is March 1, 2024 at 22:00 (Kiev).

Getting Roles in Discord

The project has an extensive list of roles in Discord. You can get them with the help of Guild for various tasks. What actions you need to perform to get this or that role is described in detail on the portal itself.

Go to the Discord of the project and pass verification.

Open the site, connect to the portal using the wallet and social networks:

Next, look at the available roles and get the desired ones by performing this or that action.

Note: if you’ve been interacting with the Base network for a long time, some roles will count automatically.

After execution, return to the Discord of the project. Open the rolles branch, click Join BaseGuild to verify and get roles:

Base Onchain Summer

The project team has launched Onchain Summer campaign. The activity involves completing quests to accumulate points, which can later be spent in the Shop tab on merch. Predominantly the quests consist of minting various NFTs, the average price of which at the time of writing is around $2.5 in ETH.

There have been no official announcements about this or that prize pool in dollar equivalent. At the time of writing, the only confirmed rewards are merch. The store will launch in July, but it is not yet known how many points are needed to convert into physical merchandise. Do your own research and consider all risks because the costs are substantial.

Despite this, the campaign is official and the possibility of additional announcements cannot be ruled out. So for those who are active in Base with an eye on drops, it may be worth it to accumulate a few levels with risk management in mind.

Follow the link and connect Coinbase Wallet.

Choose a quest from the proposed categories and perform it according to the instructions on the site:

Note: verification of completion and crediting of points may be delayed.

Conclusion

The network has entered Mainnet relatively recently, but already has an extensive infrastructure that simply cannot be covered in one guide. If you are interested in this blockchain, the best solution is to explore and interact with different dApps yourself. This will multiply your chances of a drop if the project team decides to make one.

Highlights:

Blockchain has an extensive infrastructure.

You need to be active periodically.

You don’t need to perform all the above activities at once. The best solution is to stretch the walkthrough over several days.

It is important to rack up not only the number of transactions but also the volume of transactions.