Founding Theme: Customer First in 2026, Building What Customers Need

On Feb. 20, Base co-founder Jesse took the main stage at Ethereum Denver to outline the layer-2 network’s roadmap: “Base’s 2025 focus is infrastructure, while 2026 will likely center on customer-centricity. Right now, Base boasts a production-grade blockchain paired with robust, user-friendly, and cost-effective middleware infrastructure. We’re seeing big enterprises and small businesses alike adopting this tech, plus growing numbers of integrators, agents, and the like. By developing these tools, Base aims to bring these pieces together to deliver exactly what customers need.” He added: “For us, that means Base has to start with the customer—listen to what they’re saying. We won’t build the next protocol or spin up another chain just to build a business. Not knowing you personally doesn’t keep us from understanding customers and building better tools for them. Base can do better here.”