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Jesse Pollak
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Jesse Pollak, Creator of Base and Head of Protocols at Coinbase
Jesse Pollak is the creator of Base and the Head of Protocols at Coinbase, where he works on Ethereum L1, L2, and new onchain efforts.12 Prior to leading Protocols, Jesse led all of Coinbase's consumer-facing engineering from early 2017 to middle 2021, including building Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, and Coinbase Wallet.12
Jesse joined Coinbase through the acquisition of Clef, a company he founded and ran for five years that built passwordless identity solutions for crypto companies.12 He has a BA in Computer Science from Pomona College.2
As the creator of Base, Jesse is spearheading Coinbase's ambitious move to bring the company on-chain and build the "next generation of the internet".34 Base is Coinbase's proprietary layer-2 blockchain that aims to provide a secure, low-cost, and developer-friendly platform for building decentralized apps.14
Jesse believes that embracing decentralization and protocols is integral to Coinbase's mission of creating millions of dapps used by billions of people in the crypto economy.3 He will be speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 to share insights on Coinbase's strategic shift towards protocols and the rationale behind venturing beyond its conventional operations.4
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