Happy new year!
I had a lot of fun on Farcaster last year. Some highlights that come to mind:
- Trained w/ @afrochicks@metzmusic via @bountycaster
- 2x TBPN cameos via fc + @baseapp.base.eth mini-apps
- watching $chaos turn into agentic art blocks + warplets
- bought my first political memecoin via @clicker
- made my first sports bet on @frens
- meeting @randomerror.eth irl
- matts el rancho w/ @cojo.eth
- the whole $anon saga
- @noiceapp tipping
- farcaster rebrand
I just minted a petlet.
My Warplet now carries a small and reassuring best friend. It contains a bit of my Farcaster best friend's DNA: @harmonybot@sayangel
Mint yours now!
My favorite takeaway from @jpren is to always be PvE. He has consistently expressed this both individually and in the Frens product since the first day I met him.
PvP: survive and thrive against others
PvE: collaborate to grow the ecosystem
Unpopular opinion:
I wish Farcaster would acquire Neynar.
You shouldn't need to know about and sign up for another service to build on Farcaster.
Two different developer dashboards and documentation is confusing and unnecessary friction for new devs and apps.
Wabi recently announced a $20M raise for an app and network for building mini apps.
This should be Farcaster. And Neynar just shipped it below, except it's more interesting than Wabi’s promise because it's built on a social protocol and crypto instead of legacy social and payment rails.
Creating a mini app is now as easy as casting or buying a token. This should be part of the core Farcaster experience.