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Coinbase introduced a function on Nov. 9 that permits customers to attest their account and nation credentials on-chain and entry further advantages.
Coinbase’s assist pages point out that issued verifications are supposed to function a “trusted badge” that grants entry to on-chain apps and advantages. Coinbase stated that verification will initially present customers with a badge in Base’s Guild — the membership program for its second-layer community, Base — plus entry to a non-public Discord channel.
Coinbase added that verification will quickly present entry to gasless (i.e., feeless) transactions, plus entry to different collaborating apps on the Base community. These upcoming apps embody three DeFi platforms: Index Coop, Perennial, and Volmex.
Group knowledge from Dune Analytics means that Coinbase has issued over 9,700 attestations to greater than 6,200 distinctive recipients since late October.
Coinbase explains participation necessities
The rest of the assistance web page offers extra particulars. It notes that verifications could be tied to any self-custodial Ethereum (EVM) pockets handle however can’t be transferred to different addresses. A separate part notes that the verification could be related to as much as three addresses, together with MetaMask and Coinbase Pockets addresses.
Coinbase stated that testifying one’s nation of residence is optionally available however famous that getting access to sure apps could also be needed. It additionally assured customers that their data is not going to be revealed on-chain with out their consent.
To confirm an account on-chain, customers will need to have a Coinbase account that isn’t topic to purchasing, promoting, and buying and selling restrictions, Coinbase stated.
Coinbase added that it finally goals to permit third events to problem verifications utilizing the service and increase the methods by which customers could be verified.
Verifications are issued by the Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS), an Ethereum group undertaking additionally utilized by different initiatives, together with Optimism.