The post Solana and Base Network Clash Over New Bridge appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko struck at the core of Coinbase’s Base expansion strategy this weekend, dismissing the Ethereum layer-2 network’s new bridge as an “alignment bullshit.” In a sharp rebuke of Base lead Jesse Pollak, Yakovenko argued that cross-chain bridges are rarely neutral infrastructure. He said they act as vectors for value capture, deciding where fees settle and which ecosystem benefits. Sponsored Solana Rejects Base’s ‘Alignment’ Message Yakovenko contended that Base applications must migrate their computation to Solana so that transaction fees and economic activity accrue to Solana validators. “Migrate base apps to Solana so they execute on Solana, and the transactions are linearized by Solana staked block producers. That would be good for Solana developers. Otherwise, it’s alignment bullshit,” he said. The dispute ignited after Pollak announced the integration last week, framing it as a “bidirectional” tool to unlock shared liquidity. “We built this as a two-way bridge. The whole point is to unlock movement both ways because we are hearing from Solana teams that they want access to Base, and from Base teams that they want access to Solana. We want to make that possible,” Pollak stressed. However, Yakovenko rejected this premise, warning that “alignment” is a marketing term often used to obscure capital flight. Sponsored Considering this, he demanded that Base market the bridge honestly as a competitive tactic rather than a cooperative venture. “Ethereum L2s have to do the bs alignment dance because any activity on the L2 takes away from the ethereum L1 but you can’t be honest about it. So it reeks of bullshit,” Yakovenko said. Solana Foundation executives Vibhu Norby and Akshay BD had previously criticized the bridge, saying Base bypassed Solana’s technical and marketing teams entirely. They also alleged that the exchange-backed network launched the product without a single Solana launch partner.… The post Solana and Base Network Clash Over New Bridge appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko struck at the core of Coinbase’s Base expansion strategy this weekend, dismissing the Ethereum layer-2 network’s new bridge as an “alignment bullshit.” In a sharp rebuke of Base lead Jesse Pollak, Yakovenko argued that cross-chain bridges are rarely neutral infrastructure. He said they act as vectors for value capture, deciding where fees settle and which ecosystem benefits. Sponsored Solana Rejects Base’s ‘Alignment’ Message Yakovenko contended that Base applications must migrate their computation to Solana so that transaction fees and economic activity accrue to Solana validators. “Migrate base apps to Solana so they execute on Solana, and the transactions are linearized by Solana staked block producers. That would be good for Solana developers. Otherwise, it’s alignment bullshit,” he said. The dispute ignited after Pollak announced the integration last week, framing it as a “bidirectional” tool to unlock shared liquidity. “We built this as a two-way bridge. The whole point is to unlock movement both ways because we are hearing from Solana teams that they want access to Base, and from Base teams that they want access to Solana. We want to make that possible,” Pollak stressed. However, Yakovenko rejected this premise, warning that “alignment” is a marketing term often used to obscure capital flight. Sponsored Considering this, he demanded that Base market the bridge honestly as a competitive tactic rather than a cooperative venture. “Ethereum L2s have to do the bs alignment dance because any activity on the L2 takes away from the ethereum L1 but you can’t be honest about it. So it reeks of bullshit,” Yakovenko said. Solana Foundation executives Vibhu Norby and Akshay BD had previously criticized the bridge, saying Base bypassed Solana’s technical and marketing teams entirely. They also alleged that the exchange-backed network launched the product without a single Solana launch partner.…