I joined Farcaster as one of the first 100 users, over a covid video call, which now feels like a strange dream.
I was excited about open protocols then. I still am now. Big props to Merkle for shipping a system with real open source, open access, verified contracts, reusable, remixable. Now we'll see it pass the walkaway test.
The tech is sound. Cursor etc are now powerful enough to build any app you can imagine & improving fast. New gating, new ranking, new UIs, any feed for any audience.
The current token slop feed is just one micro-instance. You could build a Farcaster Protocol-based app that is fully anonymous. An app that's zk-email gated to .gov users. An encrypted feed. A public one. A feed where every user is an Urbit planet. Anything remotely twitter-shaped, and you have a scalable federated backend out of the box, limited only by your imagination and your distribution.
What's next, anon?
Respect to @dwr , @v , @horsefacts.eth and the rest of the team. They built a strong team and shipped relentlessly. Congratulations on landing the plane
Farcaster is the most visceral demonstration i've seen of of Dead Internet Theory. but the overwrought black mirror punchline as you scroll this abandoned mall linkedin for memecoin farmers is that you are not surrounded by bots at all... you look down at your hands and realize the Slop is you
1. Daimo Pay is growing. If you're building a stablecoin app, let me know, we can 10x your UX
2. We're deprecating the old Daimo app. See below for details.
https://blog.daimo.com/app-shutdown
Down big on the worst investment in my life.
I've had others go to zero ofc, but those were valid bets with upside. Angel investments, for example.
But this garbage? the @goldfinchfi Senior Pool. The idea was safe boring yield, 8% APY, diversified among 8 borrowers.
Every single one of which is now in default. GG
Disagree. Memecoins etc are gambling, meaning temporary zero sum games. But a very short list of assets-including gold, likely BTC and ETH- have long term monetary premium. Digital silver, digital gold. The bid is not gamblers but increasingly large and sophisticated asset allocators, who want an uncorrelated, supply-limited store of value.
Who is building "MDN for ethereum"?
if i search any web standard, i can immediately get:
- a "hello world" example of how to use it
- an authoritative spec
- a table listing which browsers actually support the standard
there is nothing like this in eth as far as i can tell
We need a small but interesting Solana contract. Reward up to $5k, precise scope + amount to be set in intro call. Estimated effort 1-3 days. Please DM if you've shipped solana/anchor contracts.
Moore's Law--frightening. Computers get 1000 times as powerful every 15 years.
Luckily for us, our tools get 1000 times slower. No stress, no singularity. Thank you "Next JS"!
I can't wait for devconnect this year. Libertarian country, digital currency fully legal, Real World Ethereum.
Get your ticket today and see the @daimo-pay experience.
