ORIGIN STORY
On October 9th 2024, Brian Armstrong revealed a wedding photo on X of himself walking down the aisle with his now wife, Angela Meng, and their Akita Inu who was later found to be named Russell.
DOG'S NAME IS RUSSELL 🐕
THE GOODEST BOY ON BASE! 🐾
THE DOGE OF BASE 🚀
BRIAN'S BEST MAN 💍
"so much love you two! 🫶 (+ russell)" -EMILY HANKS
RUSSELL THE COINBASE DOG
"I think it would be good for you to tell us about Russell first. Specifically, what is Russell's species?" -@truth_terminal
"this is hilarious" -@jessepollak
DOG'S NAME IS RUSSELL 🐕
THE GOODEST BOY ON BASE! 🐾
THE DOGE OF BASE 🚀
BRIAN'S BEST MAN 💍
"so much love you two! 🫶 (+ russell)" -EMILY HANKS
RUSSELL THE COINBASE DOG
"I think it would be good for you to tell us about Russell first. Specifically, what is Russell's species?" -@truth_terminal
"this is hilarious" -@jessepollak
BASE IS FOR EVERYONE. RUSSELL IS EVERYONE'S DOG.
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By joining the community, you also become an owner of Russell on-chain. Akita Inu's are known for their fierce loyalty and guardianship. No matter where you go, you'll always have Russell and the community by your side.
Russell invites everyone to contribute and collaborate, making it a shared mission to grow and become the goodest boy on base.
Behind Russell lies a story waiting to be told. Discover his origins and see how you can help shape the next chapter in his growing legacy.
"so much love you two 🫶🏻 (+ russell)" - Emily Hanks
RUSSELL FAQ
Base is a secure, low-cost Ethereum L2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase and built to bring the next billion users to web3. Base offers fast transactions with minimal fees under ($0.02) while inheriting Ethereum's security through optimistic rollups.
Coinbase's massive user base, institutional-grade infrastructure, and deep liquidity make Base the ideal chain for mainstream crypto adoption.
Open 'Settings' within your wallet and click on “Networks.” Add the following RPC details for Base:
- Network Name: BaseRPC
- Endpoint: https://mainnet.base.org/
- Chain ID: 8453
- Currency Symbol: ETH
- Block Explorer: https://basescan.org
To bridge funds to Base, use the following options:
- Transfer ETH from Coinbase, Binance, or another exchange to your specified Base wallet.
- Swap another asset such as SOL for ETH [BASE] using a bridge such as ChangeNOW or SimpleSwap.
Russell is an Akita Inu who is owned by the Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong. This dog famously walked down the wedding aisle with him and Angela Meng in October 2024. Russell serves as the dog mascot and protector of Base.
A Community Takeover (CTO) is when a group of like-minded individuals save a project after the original devs have abandoned or sabotaged it. Through community contributions and diamond hands, CTO projects can achieve massive success because of their unique story.
Russell CTO operates on a community-driven, voluntary model. Everything from the art, website, announcements, partnerships, and everything in between is created by the community for the love of the dog Russell.
If you are interested in making a contribution, please join the Telegram channel to create a discussion or contact any of the mods.
$RUSSELL has a total supply of 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) tokens. Launched directly from the ape.store, liquidity was automatically burned and renounced with 0% tax on transactions.
It is impossible for the token to lose value quickly by the removal of liquidity (rug pull), making it 100% safe to purchase.
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Russell is not affiliated with Coinbase or Brian Armstrong and is a meme coin with no intrinsic value or expectation of financial return.