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Yo, fam! By now you’re well-versed in how Ethereum works and how Layer 2 blockchains like Base fit into the picture. You’ve almost earned your own pair of VR goggles. Understanding what’s going on under the hood is half the battle. But how do you actually drive this crypto thing? This isn’t like the time you fired up your parent’s car and drove in around in circles on the cul de sac while they were at work. DeFi (decentralized finance) in crypto is way cooler than joyriding Mom’s minivan. And you don’t have to worry about the neighbors telling your parents. ...

Getting stuck in traffic sucks. Everyone’s burning gas, but they’re going nowhere fast. And everybody’s grumpy about it. That’s Ethereum when things get a bit busy. It’s the smart contract king, the undisputed main highway for everything DeFi and the hottest NFT stuff. But sometimes the king’s caravan makes its own traffic jam and then gets stuck in it. Now imagine a super-fast toll road right next to the main highway. Goes the same places. Does the same things. And it zips you past the gridlock for a fraction of the price. That’s what Layer 2s (L2s) are. They’re the happy-to-help sidekicks, the shortcut express lanes that make Ethereum’s job easier. And not like your Uncle Findlay’s “shortcuts” that always end with swearing while trying to read a 20-year-old map in the dark. ...

Crypto talk turns into geek-speak pretty fast. But it’s simpler than it seems. Let’s slow down the Nerd Express and start with the basics. Ethereum is the engine behind most of the cool stuff you see on the Base chain and throughout much of the crypto world. Once you understand how Ethereum works, it’s like seeing the world below from an airplane. Instantly, it all fits together, and all this crypto stuff — even beyond Ethereum — makes more sense. ...