There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause.
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.
Remember this: Try.
I feel like Farcaster *protocol will non-pivot back to being an open social layer because that’s what it always was
The break out growth may come from other clients if the purple app is for trading/gambling only, depending how long the down only vibe goes on
It’s competing with all wallets, DEXs, CEXs, prediction markets, token launchers etc which is fine if you’re only focused on these kinds of things
I like Farcaster as a key piece of infra for open identity, publishing and messaging for a new generation of apps and sites like magazines, internet radio, galleries, and collaborative tools
Experiences for people who revile tokens and speculation but may happily enjoy having a profile that carries across their favourite sites and apps and enables connection with others of likeminded interests
Perhaps we’ll all meet again in some other internet era, still rocking the same FIDs
still believe in music, art, culture, and communication riding free on open protocols and the internet generally moving into new paradigms for how we do this kind of thing
2026 will be a time of rapid evolution in these areas. the past few have seen progress, forward and back, but we’ll move faster when we decouple from the idea that we need wait for new platforms to launch and be the home for all this
we’ll do it ourselves. build our own worlds and scenes. dark forests and billboards. distribution via open protocols to all the apps at once
signals include @xmtp as an open messaging protocol. @ensdomains and @privy for ID and auth. Arweave for provenance
we’re in the lab
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
J.R.R. Tolkien
There are plenty of people still motivated by cypherpunk type shit, even as we shake off another cycle of ideals, energies, cultures and dare I say beliefs briefly held and moved on from. It’s never as good or bad as it seems. Find your scene and get active if you wanna be. That’s always kinda how it works.
we're broadcasting live radio in a mini app with artists as legit as Teen Daze and Matthew Keff. don't lose hope on open media and social, anon. there will be signs
Refraction has paired DJ and musician Teen Daze with visual artist Matthew Keff for an audio visual collaboration using Daydream.
Tune in now for the first broadcast of a series this December on UFO
https://ufo.fm/broadcast/teen-daze-x-matthew-keff
Can still build whatever you want on Farcaster protocol. A portable social graph was always a leading reason we’re here. Bullish integrating it as a social layer for UFO along with some other magic
