Overview
- Base is consolidating components into a single repository, base/base, and will publish its own releases that node operators must follow over the coming months.
- An initial Base V1 hardfork will introduce Fusaka and swap Optimistic proofs for Base-specific TEE/ZK proofs, with additional hardforks planned, including a V3 around the Glamsterdam window.
- The network plans to double its cadence to six focused hard-forks per year as it pursues a scaling goal of 1 gigagas per second.
- Base says it will remain specification-compatible during the transition and continue working with Optimism as an OP Enterprise customer, while keeping the protocol open to independent implementations.
- OP’s token fell after the announcement, while Base noted no immediate changes for users or developers and signaled governance tweaks such as adding a signer to the Base Security Council.