Base hits 4M active addresses amid ‘Onchain Summer’ campaign

Base said it had allotted 600 ETH, worth $2 million, for developers who would build on the blockchain from June to August this year.

Crypto exchange Coinbase’s layer-2 solution Base had about 4 million active addresses last week as it continues to push its “Onchain Summer” campaign forward. 

Jesse Pollak, the head of Base, shared data from Dune Analytics, saying that the layer-2 network reached an all-time high in weekly active addresses. Pollak highlighted that over 4 million active addresses were on the blockchain last week. 

The new development comes as Base continues its “Onchain Summer” campaign that incentivizes building on the base network. 

Base rewards builders through a summer campaign

In 2023, Base launched an “Onchain Summer” event to spur adoption for the layer-2 network. During the month-long event, 268,000 wallets minted more than 700,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the network. The promotion saw over $242 million in crypto being bridged to Base, with over 130,000 unique wallets using the network daily. 

Because of its success last year, Base brought back the summer event 2024, encouraging developers to build on the blockchain. Base said it brought back the event to “unleash onchain creativity” and invite developers to build during the summer.

The layer-2 network said it had allotted 600 Ether (ETH), worth $2 million, in rewards for those who would build on Base. The event started in June and will end in August. 

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Bringing classic video games “onchain” 

During the Onchain Summer campaign, Base collaborated with video game developer Atari’s Web3 arm AtariX to bring classic games on the blockchain. On July 25, AtariX announced that it’s bringing its classic arcade game to Base through an “onchain” arcade. The game developer required players to mint an NFT pass to play the game and rank high on a leaderboard. 

However, some believe that the Asteroids game was not onchain. On Aug. 5, Stackr Labs founder and CEO Kautuk Kundan claimed that he hacked Atari’s arcade game to prove it was not on the blockchain. 

Kundan said that he and his team sabotaged Atari’s Asteroids game leaderboard without playing a single game. The executive said that the game is not onchain despite being advertised as such. 

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