Base just announced it's moving away from the OP Superchain to its own unified codebase.

Why?

‣ Too many external dependencies slowing things down

‣ Want to ship 6 hard forks/year instead of 3

‣ One dev should be able to understand the full stack

‣ Need to test upgrades (like ZK proofs) without waiting on other teams

$OP dropped 22% on the news. We always knew this day would come.