Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain, Base, which launched in early August, has seen its day by day transactions hit an all-time excessive, in line with knowledge from IntoTheBlock. Base noticed 1.88 million transactions on Thursday, increased than layer 2 rivals Arbitrum and Optimism mixed, which noticed 780,000 and 370,000, respectively. “Curiously, it’s not decentralized finance (DeFi) purposes nor non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces driving the surge in Base’s exercise. As an alternative, a good portion of utilization could be attributed to a brand new social utility, FriendTech,” mentioned Lucas Outumuro, head of analysis at IntoTheBlock. Decentralized social community platform Buddy.tech is constructed on Base and calls itself “{the marketplace} to your mates.” The platform noticed elevated utilization during the last week, with its day by day transactions additionally reaching an all-time excessive. Buddy.tech’s transactions reached 529,000.
