According to @jessepollak, anyone can join the Base team, referencing an official @base post on X that the tweet links to. Source: @jessepollak on X (Nov 22, 2025); @base on X (post ID 1991884454537908513). Base is an Ethereum Layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, positioning it within the ETH scaling stack relevant to onchain activity and fees. Source: Base official website and Base blog (organization disclosures). Base has publicly stated there is no native Base token, which is important for traders evaluating ecosystem exposure pathways. Source: Base FAQ and documentation (organization disclosures). Because Base settles to Ethereum and uses ETH for gas on the L2, increased developer participation and app launches can translate into higher transaction throughput and ETH gas consumption on Base. Source: Base developer docs on network design and gas usage (organization disclosures). Traders can monitor momentum via BaseScan for transactions/active addresses and L2Beat for TVL and security metrics to gauge flows tied to ETH and Base ecosystem activity. Source: BaseScan by Etherscan; L2Beat data portal.