Is Base permissionless?

Coinbase has staunchly defended the importance of Ethereum as a permissionessless network. They’ve defended this because developers and users must be able to run and access open source software in a decentralized manner to create an open, global, accessible cryptoeconomy.

The Base team has also written extensively about their approach to decentralization.

The goal of Base is to remove the friction points for onboarding the next billion users into web3. While acting as a primary gateway to onchain activity, Base will operate as a permissionless L2.