About Farcaster
About FarcasterFarcaster is an open-source protocol built on Optimism, the L2 secured by Ethereum. The project was kickstarted in 2020 by former Coinbase employees, Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan and raised $30M. After an initial invite-only mechanic which saw participation via organic social graphs, Farcaster transitioned to a paid model in 2024, with users paying a one-time sign-up fee of $5 which also acted as a bot-prevention scheme. The sign-up fee includes the rental of storage units t...
About Farcaster
About FarcasterFarcaster is an open-source protocol built on Optimism, the L2 secured by Ethereum. The project was kickstarted in 2020 by former Coinbase employees, Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan and raised $30M. After an initial invite-only mechanic which saw participation via organic social graphs, Farcaster transitioned to a paid model in 2024, with users paying a one-time sign-up fee of $5 which also acted as a bot-prevention scheme. The sign-up fee includes the rental of storage units t...
The SocialFi landscape
About FarcasterFarcaster is an open-source protocol built on Optimism, the L2 secured by Ethereum. The project was kickstarted in 2020 by former Coinbase employees, Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan and raised $30M. After an initial invite-only mechanic which saw participation via organic social graphs, Farcaster transitioned to a paid model in 2024, with users paying a one-time sign-up fee of $5 which also acted as a bot-prevention scheme. The sign-up fee includes the rental of storage units t...
The SocialFi landscape
About FarcasterFarcaster is an open-source protocol built on Optimism, the L2 secured by Ethereum. The project was kickstarted in 2020 by former Coinbase employees, Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan and raised $30M. After an initial invite-only mechanic which saw participation via organic social graphs, Farcaster transitioned to a paid model in 2024, with users paying a one-time sign-up fee of $5 which also acted as a bot-prevention scheme. The sign-up fee includes the rental of storage units t...
The SocialFi landscape
About FarcasterFarcaster is an open-source protocol built on Optimism, the L2 secured by Ethereum. The project was kickstarted in 2020 by former Coinbase employees, Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan and raised $30M. After an initial invite-only mechanic which saw participation via organic social graphs, Farcaster transitioned to a paid model in 2024, with users paying a one-time sign-up fee of $5 which also acted as a bot-prevention scheme. The sign-up fee includes the rental of storage units t...
The SocialFi landscape
About FarcasterFarcaster is an open-source protocol built on Optimism, the L2 secured by Ethereum. The project was kickstarted in 2020 by former Coinbase employees, Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan and raised $30M. After an initial invite-only mechanic which saw participation via organic social graphs, Farcaster transitioned to a paid model in 2024, with users paying a one-time sign-up fee of $5 which also acted as a bot-prevention scheme. The sign-up fee includes the rental of storage units t...
The SocialFi landscape
Our blog is live! Read this article on our Safe Blog. TL;DR: Build your own ERC-4337 Safe account inside a Farcaster Frame, and follow us there! Farcaster is the latest “sufficiently” decentralized social network (deSoc or SocialFi) to capture attention. With key opinion leaders such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Jesse Pollak from Base, Dan Romero from Farcaster, and Ethereum core developers like Tim Beiko active on the platform, the onchain social network has been garnering impress...
The SocialFi landscape
Our blog is live! Read this article on our Safe Blog. TL;DR: Build your own ERC-4337 Safe account inside a Farcaster Frame, and follow us there! Farcaster is the latest “sufficiently” decentralized social network (deSoc or SocialFi) to capture attention. With key opinion leaders such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Jesse Pollak from Base, Dan Romero from Farcaster, and Ethereum core developers like Tim Beiko active on the platform, the onchain social network has been garnering impress...
What are Farcaster Frames? Discover Frames built on Safe smart accounts
Our blog is live! Read this article on our Safe Blog. TL;DR: Build your own ERC-4337 Safe account inside a Farcaster Frame, and follow us there! Farcaster is the latest “sufficiently” decentralized social network (deSoc or SocialFi) to capture attention. With key opinion leaders such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Jesse Pollak from Base, Dan Romero from Farcaster, and Ethereum core developers like Tim Beiko active on the platform, the onchain social network has been garnering impress...
What are Farcaster Frames? Discover Frames built on Safe smart accounts
Our blog is live! Read this article on our Safe Blog. TL;DR: Build your own ERC-4337 Safe account inside a Farcaster Frame, and follow us there! Farcaster is the latest “sufficiently” decentralized social network (deSoc or SocialFi) to capture attention. With key opinion leaders such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Jesse Pollak from Base, Dan Romero from Farcaster, and Ethereum core developers like Tim Beiko active on the platform, the onchain social network has been garnering impress...
