Behold! Jesse Pollak, the illustrious lead developer of Ethereum L2 Base Network at Coinbase, has ascended his soapbox to denounce the vulgar spectacle of exchanges charging projects for the *privilege* of listing. A shocking rebuke of Binance’s “play-to-play” model, which Pollak deems as “expensive and extractive” as a Hollywood producer demanding residuals from a struggling mime. 🎭
Coinbase’s Base: Where Dreams Blossom Without a Price Tag 🌸
For those tragically unfamiliar with the drama, Binance allegedly levies a modest 3% fee for airdrops and another 3% later-mere pocket change compared to the cost of a decent Bordeaux. Yet Pollak scoffs at such “medieval tollbooths,” contrasting this with Coinbase’s magnanimous invitation: “Come, dear builders, and create something *meaningful* on Base!” No fees, no velvet ropes, just a trust-fall into the abyss of decentralized utopia. 🙌
One might marvel at Coinbase’s altruism-or suspect they’ve misplaced their accounting ledger. Either way, Pollak insists exchanges should prioritize “developer innovation over fees,” as though innovation alone pays the electricity bill. How *quaint*. 🕊️
“It should cost 0% to be listed on an exchange. Let’s not pretend we’re all just laundering monopoly money here.”
– jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) October 14, 2025
Pollak’s manifesto continues: Coinbase, bless its cotton socks, demands no token airdrops, listing fees, or “huge deposits.” Why, the only thing they’re extracting is your soul via terms of service! 🤖 “Let’s make listing free!” he proclaims, as if the blockchain were a charity gala funded by Santa Claus.
Community Reacts: A Symphony of Eye-Rolls 🎻
The online masses, ever the chorus of reason, erupted in predictable chaos. One user, Crypto Bitlord (who, admittedly, sounds like a rejected Dungeons & Dragons NPC), countered that listing isn’t free because someone, somewhere, must be paying for servers and/or bribes. Revolutionary thought! 💡
Another wag opined that “zero fees” is just a PR stunt to cover up Coinbase’s *actual* costs: compliance, security, and the existential dread of regulatory scrutiny. Sustainability? Merely a bourgeois construct. 🌬️
Yet hope persists! A user named Cognac (yes, like the brandy-perhaps he’s French? Perhaps he’s fictional?) praised Coinbase for “free listings,” arguing that saved fees could fund “another project.” Because nothing says “financial wisdom” like assuming money saved on listing fees automatically becomes a Nobel Prize-winning dApp. 🚀
As Bitcoin’s price dances toward the stratosphere, exchanges with “the right alignment” (read: the least predatory) may yet claim dominion over the crypto realm. Or perhaps we’ll all wake up and realize we’ve been arguing about imaginary money. 🎩✨
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2025-10-15 08:19