Cobalt hits Base mainnet with engineering improvements targeting transaction flexibility and upgrade automation
Base activated the Cobalt upgrade on September 30 and brought it to mainnet, with changes centered on conditional transactions, upgrade scheduling, and new B20 asset functions. The rollout also added issuer controls for tokenized assets, including balance-multiplying schedules, recorded balance seizures, and transfer-policy tools.
What this rests on
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The hard fork included B20 token changes, on-chain upgrade scheduling, and Trusted Execution Environment signer verification.
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The upgrade went live on mainnet and added conditional transactions plus new functions for assets built on the B20 standard.
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Cobalt introduced tools for traders to set transaction conditions and for issuers to run compliance checks, stock splits, and forced token transfers.
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For B20 tokens, issuers gained a way to move a seized balance to another wallet with an onchain note instead of destroying it.
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Base’s development team said the scheduled hard fork was meant to optimize smart contract performance and provide automated transaction execution tools.
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Base activated Cobalt on September 30.
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The fork also added support for scheduling balance multipliers, seizing balances with a record, and combining transfer policies.
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How the story was built
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Crypto Briefing
scoop
Sep 30 14:01
Crypto Briefing
scoop
Breaks the event
+4 h 58 m
The Block
adds
Sep 30 19:00
Brings into the story: B20
+4 h 58 m
Cointelegraph
context
Sep 30 19:00
Cointelegraph
context
Its angle: conditions, compliance, completes
+4 h 58 m
The Defiant
context
Sep 30 19:00
Its angle: defiant, story, ships
+4 h 59 m
Unchained
context
Sep 30 19:00
Unchained
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Its angle: administrators, administrator, seizewithmemo; with quotes
+5 h
Crypto Briefing
echo
Sep 30 19:01
Crypto Briefing
echo
No new facts: speculation, increasing, potential
+6 h 39 m
Crypto Economy
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Sep 30 20:40
Crypto Economy
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Its angle: interoperability, standardization, decentralized; with quotes
+19 h 42 m
crypto.news
echo
Oct 1 09:44
No new facts: multipliers, activated, policies
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