Chain profile
Blockchain-native
Base.
Abstract. Coinbase (Coinbase Sequencer operator at launch · decentralization roadmap stated but no landed event at cutoff — VERIFY)
Facts
Chain identity at a glance.
- Type
L2-optimistic
- Native settlement
- ETH · USDC
- Account model
- EOA + ERC-4337 (Coinbase Smart Wallet is the canonical Coinbase-operated AA surface; passkey-based onboarding — VERIFY canonical ERC-4337 vs. Coinbase-flavored variant at cutoff)
Vendor stack · L5 → L1
The 5-layer Stable Stack.
Each row is one named vendor slot from the chain's vendorStack. Solid markers are code-enforced
(the chain blocks or signs); dashed markers are
policy-enforced (the chain flags, humans or systems act on
the signal).
L5 → L1 — application down to network
L5 · Application
wallet
Coinbase Wallet · Coinbase Smart Wallet (ERC-4337 account abstraction — passkey-based onboarding · VERIFY whether the AA primitive is canonical ERC-4337 or a Coinbase-flavored variant at cutoff)
C1C14 ◇ policy-enforced
paymaster
Coinbase Paymaster (gas-sponsorship primitive for Coinbase Smart Wallet flows · ERC-4337 paymaster contract)
◆ code-enforced
attestation
Coinbase Verifications (Ethereum Attestation Service-backed attestation product binding Coinbase-verified identity attributes — country of residence, accredited-investor status, etc. — to addresses · VERIFY current schema identifiers and attribute set at attest.org / base.org/ecosystem)
C1C14 ◆ code-enforced
tokenized-securities-ats
Securitize Markets ATS (SEC-registered ATS — VERIFY current Form ATS / ATS-N filing date and operator entity; VERIFY Base deployment for any specific tokenized-securities ATS)
C13C8 ◇ policy-enforced
tokenized-rwa-issuer
BlackRock BUIDL · other Securitize-issued RWAs (Base deployments via multichain expansion · VERIFY per-issuer current Base availability at issuer transparency pages — ACRED was Ethereum-mainnet at cutoff and Base availability is NOT independently confirmed)
C13C14 ◇ policy-enforced
L4 · Account
account
EOA + ERC-4337 Smart Account (Coinbase Smart Wallet is the canonical Coinbase-operated AA surface · VERIFY current EntryPoint version and any Coinbase-flavored extensions)
C1 ◆ code-enforced
custody
Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (New York limited-purpose trust company under NYDFS) · Coinbase Prime brokerage (institutional custody + execution surface) · third-party qualified custodians per integrator (Anchorage · BitGo · Fireblocks — VERIFY which are integrated for Base-deployed assets at cutoff)
C1 ◇ policy-enforced
transfer-agent
Securitize LLC (SEC-registered transfer agent — VERIFY Form TA-1 file number; runs Reg D 506(c)(2)(ii) accredited-investor verification workflow; transfer-agent function is off-chain, identical on Base and Ethereum)
C1C11 ◇ policy-enforced
L3 · Execution
swap
Uniswap v4 · Aerodrome (Base-native AMM derived from Velodrome) · BaseSwap
C13C16 ◆ code-enforced
sanctions-oracle
Chainalysis OFAC Oracle (on-chain SDN-list enforcement primitive · code-enforced at the contract layer for opt-in callers)
C2 ◆ code-enforced
bridge
Circle CCTP v2 (canonical USDC burn-and-mint cross-chain transport between Base and Ethereum / other CCTP-supported chains) · Base Bridge (OP Stack canonical L1 ↔ L2 bridge with 7-day challenge window · L1-escape-hatch via force-inclusion)
C7 ◆ code-enforced
transfer-restriction
Securitize DS Protocol (on-chain transfer-restriction smart-contract framework enforcing eligible-investor whitelisting — VERIFY current Base deployment; ACRED is Ethereum-only at cutoff; BUIDL multi-chain expansion to Base reported in public reporting but primary-source confirmation pending)
C1C13C16 ◆ code-enforced
L2 · Consensus
sequencer
Coinbase Sequencer (Coinbase-operated at launch · decentralization stated as roadmap commitment but no landed event at cutoff · OP Stack-derived sequencing semantics — VERIFY fault-proof activation status and OP Stack release pinning)
C10 ◆ code-enforced
L1 · Network
da
Ethereum (via OP Stack) — Base posts batch data to Ethereum via EIP-4844 blob DA for ordering anchor; state-transition security inherits from Ethereum L1 subject to OP Stack fault-proof activation status (VERIFY)
◆ code-enforced
Fig. 1 —
Vendor slot per layer; solid border = code-enforced, dashed
border = policy-enforced.
Bridges supported
Cross-chain transport surface.
- CCTP v2 (canonical USDC burn-and-mint)
- Base Bridge (OP Stack canonical L1 ↔ L2 bridge with 7-day challenge window)
- LayerZero
- Across (intent-based settlement)
Related paths
Paths that route through Base.
Compliance paths whose settlementChains
include base or whose steps execute
on this chain.
Source
Where the truth lives.
compliance/registries/chains/base.ts —
full discipline header, sources, and per-field VERIFY
inventory live in the chain-profile source file. See the path resolver to see
this chain in a resolved compliance journey.
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