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Create Base Token




Connect to the chosen blockchain.
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Choose a great name for your token.
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Choose a great symbol for your token.
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Smart contract name is being derived from your token name and visible after verification. If you are not sure, we recommend keeping the default value.
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Choose how many tokens you want to create.

Tokens

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If the Mintable feature is enabled, the owner will be able to mint new tokens until the total supply reaches the maximum supply.
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Choose how many decimal places your tokens can be divided to. If you are not sure, we recommend leaving it at 18.
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Instead of your wallet, enter a different address to receive the initial supply of tokens.
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Instead of your wallet, enter a different address that will have ownership of the token after it is created.
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How to create a Base token?

Base (chain ID 8453) is Coinbase's Layer-2 built on the OP Stack. What sets it apart from other L2s isn't the technology - it's the distribution: direct integration with Coinbase Wallet, fast onboarding for the exchange's customer base, and a memecoin culture that took off in 2024-2025 around Aerodrome's deep liquidity and sub-dollar gas. For consumer-facing tokens, Base often delivers better activation than chains with similar technical specs.

The deployment flow

  1. Connect your wallet - Coinbase Wallet has the tightest Base integration, but MetaMask and any WalletConnect option works
  2. Switch to Base - chain ID 8453, gas paid in ETH
  3. Configure the basics - name, symbol, supply, decimals
  4. Pick features - mintable, taxes, anti-bot, or ERC-2612 permit
  5. Deploy - your Base token goes live in seconds

Why Base became the memecoin chain

Three factors converged: low gas (under $1 even at peak), Coinbase Wallet's seamless onboarding for non-crypto-natives, and Aerodrome's liquidity model. Aerodrome uses ve(3,3) mechanics where AERO holders vote on which pools get emissions, so new projects can incentivize deep liquidity by bribing voters - more capital-efficient than passive farming. The result was a self-reinforcing memecoin ecosystem. If that's your project's lane, see how you can make your own meme coin for more context.

About Coinbase exchange listings

Common confusion worth addressing: deploying on Base does not get your token listed on Coinbase the exchange automatically. Coinbase listings have a separate compliance process, and Base is a public chain anyone can deploy to. What you do get is faster onboarding for Coinbase customers and a clearer eventual path to listing once your project has traction. Submit to CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap as the standard next steps after verifying your token's source code on Basescan.

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Base usually costs a few cents to under a dollar in ETH for deployment, plus a 20lab service fee shown on the summary.

No - deploying on Base doesn't get you a Coinbase exchange listing automatically. Coinbase listings have a separate compliance process, and Base is a public chain anyone can deploy to. What Base does give you is direct integration with Coinbase Wallet, fast onboarding for Coinbase customers, and a more visible path to eventual listing once your project has traction. For a fresh token, the practical first venue is Uniswap or Aerodrome, not coinbase.com.

Three reasons converged: low gas costs (under a dollar even at peak), Coinbase Wallet's direct integration that simplified onboarding for non-crypto-natives, and Aerodrome's deep liquidity that gave new tokens a credible trading venue from day one. The result was a self-reinforcing memecoin culture in 2024-2025. If you're launching a meme project, head to our meme coin creator.

Aerodrome is Base's flagship native DEX, built by the same team behind Velodrome on Optimism. It uses a ve(3,3) model where AERO holders lock for veAERO, then vote weekly on which pools get emissions - meaning new projects can incentivize liquidity by bribing voters. This makes Aerodrome unusually effective for bootstrapping liquidity, and it's why most serious Base launches end up there.

Yes, but indirectly. Base posts batched transaction data to Ethereum L1, so when L1 gas is expensive, Base fees rise too - though usually still 10-50x cheaper than mainnet itself.