A complete guide with tips and tricks for Web3 enthusiasts
Everybody’s building on and talking about Base, but how do you bridge your ETH to the Coinbase Layer-2 network? In this guide we will show you different ways on how to become part of the Base ecosystem.
Bridging tokens from one blockchain to another, can be a bit intimidating. We know. Through this guide we will show you a couple of safe ways to do that. The destination? Base, the Layer-2 network built on top of Ethereum by Coinbase, one of the biggest crypto companies in the world. If you want to learn more about Base, please read our guide. For now, what do you need to bridge and why?
You need ETH on Base
At the moment, Base doesn’t have its own token. Instead, Coinbase utilizes ETH. That means that users need to spend ETH to perform transactions on Base, even though these are a fraction of the price on Ethereum mainnet. For comparison, a USDC transaction on ETH costs $5, while such a transaction on Base costs $0.05. Long story short, you need ETH. So let’s bridge it.
Bridge any token to Base in 5 easy steps
- Make an account on DappRadar, connect your Web3 wallet, and go to Base on DappRadar
- Choose which tokens you want to swap for ETH on Base, and then press “Review bridge”
- Then press “Start bridging”
- Potentially, your Web3 wallet will pop up, and you need to “Approve” the spending of your tokens.
- After that, you need to “Confirm” the actual transaction.
Bridging will commence and may take 10 to 15 minutes. Congratulations, you used our bridge and now have ETH on Base! 🥳
You have ETH on Base by Coinbase, now what?
The Base ecosystem is growing rapidly, so having ETH on the Coinbase Layer-2 network is probably a smart move. But you also need to use it, or put it to work for you. There are a couple of things you can do:
- Swap your ETH for other tokens through one of the available decentralized exchanges, which include Uniswap and SushiSwap. Of course you can also use DappRadar’s swapping service for that.
- Visit the Base chain page on DappRadar to discover leading NFT collections, and perhaps become part of one of those communities.
- Why not get into one of the games on Base. Did you know that the trading card game Parallel is built on Base?
- Or maybe you want to get into Base meme coins? In which case we advise you to become a PRO member, and get access to Hot Contracts on Base. This will allow you to discover which tokens just launched. Degeneracy at its finest. Based.
Learn more about Base
Follow the links below to learn more and dive into the data that makes up the Blast ecosystem.
- Base, and everything you need to know (guide)
- Top NFT collections on Base (rankings)
- Trending meme coins on Base (rankings)
- Base chain page on DappRadar (overview)