# alfafrens guide v1.1 *a look into alfafrens and how to grow there by maxsl.eth* By [based notes](https://paragraph.com/@baseddesigner) · 2024-05-04 --- Hey! I've been growing on alfafrens since day 2 Currently in top 25 by income and top 50 by stake Thought it'd be useful to share some of what I've learned so far ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/03156ea2e98b3237e00a1e3d0c121e06.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/01cfc9f803e3905dd39bc91f5c01e67f.png) I've been also growing a [second account of @onchainer newsletter](https://www.alfafrens.com/channel/0x5cc5bb178b2e6275fa189782781375da3ee98db5) that gives early preview of coming articles (including this one). Just started it 2 days ago and I think it should be profitable within a week. Links ===== Official links and announcements -------------------------------- [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/55d37f02881898fa9bc3ae091fb348e6.png) Farcaster Vincent Chee on Warpcast ------------------------ gm! Want to deeply understand AlfaFrens mechanics in less than the time (6-8 mins) it takes to take a 💩? We also introduce Le Blue Elefant Strategy™️ Check it out: https://paragraph.xyz/@0x688390820b57cd65c1f76b5509ba28f79a343343/alfafrens-mechanics-101 tl;dr in 🧵 format below https://paragraph.xyz/@0x688390820b57cd65c1f76b5509ba28f79a343343/alfafrens-mechanics-101 ](https://warpcast.com/0xdavinchee/0xd4935471) [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7b4f9d9289d962d3d5bce775a8261fed.png) Farcaster AlfaFrens on Warpcast --------------------- You asked. We delivered 🛠 Now you have no excuse not to drop to your supporters 🫂 h/t @youssea https://alfafrens-frames.vercel.app/export ](https://warpcast.com/alfafrens/0x127aed90) [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/44ced4980a2d8862e60b54a393f15667.png) Farcaster AlfaFrens on Warpcast --------------------- GM and happy friday /alfafrens Read this whole thread for some alfa at the end... Exciting news! We were awarded a 30,000 OP grant from Optimism to help grow AlfaFrens 🫂 100% will be distributed to AlfaFrens users over the coming weeks Read more here: https://gov.optimism.io/t/cycle-22-final-grants-roundup/8086 ](https://warpcast.com/alfafrens/0x2105ac06) [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0adce98ba2283db4ec24da058e5fff88.png) Farcaster AlfaFrens on Warpcast --------------------- Next week we'll announce new ways to get involved, earning bonus $ALFA, $DEGEN and $OP right here on Farcaster🔥 Time for the Alfa. 📸 Did you qualify for Airdrop 1? Check if you're on our list of winners👇 $ALFA payouts next week🫂 Rules: tinyurl.com/alfafrens-app http://alfafrens-frames.vercel.app/airdrop1 ](https://warpcast.com/alfafrens/0x43f0736c) [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e0d6a951f371e409e81455897a34fe88.png) Farcaster AlfaFrens on Warpcast --------------------- Thank you to all of you for voting for us! We’re proud to be building for such a passionate community. Now let’s keep growing it together. 🫂 New invite codes land at 10AM UTC on Sunday. https://warpcast.com/jacek/0x2e1944dd ](https://warpcast.com/alfafrens/0x108ce024) Unofficial ---------- #### Warpwatch method that's worth checking out [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/651c691815f0d04e62622a6f772c2156.jpg) https://paragraph.xyz ALFAFRENS | Our method. ----------------------- At Warpwatch, we always aim to be early in all projects to achieve two objectives. To understand them so we can explain them, and at the same time, t... ](https://paragraph.xyz/@warpwatch00@gmail.com/alfafrens-or-our-method) As of publishing of this guide ============================== alfafrens on warpcast is past 10k followers ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e200e95b7b799248382d41c0c991fdf6.png) hundreds of people engage with their posts, activity is high and picking up still [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ad54c3b2639dcf66f1c5e52da81c683e.png) Farcaster AlfaFrens on Warpcast --------------------- If you missed out on Airdrop 0, there's still Airdrop 1, 2, 3 to be had 👀 https://alfafrens.notion.site/AlfaFrens-f41d199b694949d4aabd465171ed602a ](https://warpcast.com/alfafrens/0x2579366b) Devs and team actually went on vacation so only were fixing critical issues, next week they're going to be back and alfafrens should pick up a lot more steam. **You're still early reading this!** Deposit ======= How much to deposit? * I think 2k $degen should do it * Send more if you're inpatient to cover claiming, subscription and staking actions gas costs * Minimal can be as low as 500 $degen Subscribe ========= Main thing you need is $alfa, to get it - you need to subscribe to others If you just arrived, I think getting subbed to @wake is a solid choice ### Who to sub for? alfafrens makes it easy, hit on **Explore** tab, then **High $ALFA** tab my principle is to subscribe to accounts with 100+ subs already who reach the top of High $ALFA tab, that means that your $alfa returns aren't going to be slashed as quickly as if you'd sub to someone having only 1 subscriber ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/02bc80c3b4a3f49957f487694b9fcd3c.png) I'm also subbing to friends and people I know from farcaster regardless of the $alfa returns. I also stake some $alfa into them to get more returns myself and for all other subscribers. That will eat up more of your deposit though and you'll need to wait longer to see your number go up. > ### Enough theory, here are the steps to take > > 1. **Deposit** 500-2000+ $degen > > 2. **Sub to channels** which have the most $alfa staked into them relative to it's subscribers amount. (any with 100+ subs from top 100 "High $ALFA" tab work best) > > 3. Get at least a couple subs to get the $ALFA flowing to you > > 4. After 12-24h claim your first accumulated $ALFA > > 5. Now stake it into your channel, that will attract subscribers > > 6. New subscribers to your channel will offset some of the costs of your own subscriptions > > 7. Now you can subscribe to a few more channels to increase the $ALFA flow or keep it as is > > 8. Come back at least once every day to claim accumulated $ALFA > That's all it takes! -------------------- If you subscribe to 3 channels, you may only need 2-3 days of staking into your own channel to get into the positive flow. Gas fees ======== alfafrens is on the Base blockchain which has been showing record activity lately and fees can spike. To adjust for that alfafrens team is charging you your deposited $degen for actions like subbing, claiming, staking and unsubbing. **Best time to claim, stake and subscribe for me was consistently after 12AM GMT, that's when you can minimize your gas spendings.** ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8d823816204fc2606e1ed2ad06ea1c46.png) You may need to wait a bit for the gas fees to load on the top right from the button **Invites** =========== Alfafrens has been growing 100% from invites so far, everyone was given 5 invites in the first week after launch and another five on the second as the team is scaling up the infrastructure. [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e955a31a840a1a6c50f69c11df69b3ab.png) Farcaster Vijay🫂 on Warpcast ------------------- @alfafrens usage growth is insane, upgrading all our infra to handle the load of new users before we onboard the next 1000, and fixing chat downtime right now. Thanks for all your supportive messages! ](https://warpcast.com/vijay/0xb3ca6b1d) Invites were being getting claimed really quickly, some people even did giveaways for them. Next week there will be more invites, which, at a grown number of users, going to bring even more people in, all of which will be hungry for $ALFA. And if public release is happening anytime soon, that can become massive for the app. Agust story =========== Agust is top 5 on alfafrens, he's been reckless there lol and I wanted to highlight his approach His approach was to sub to everyone, at first I think he was close lol, now he subbed to 332 channels and staking 100% to himself. He spent tens of thousands of $degen on fees though, but I think it paid off already and going to pay for a while... Recommend you sub to him on warpcast and his alfafrens channel! [https://www.alfafrens.com/channel/0xdba348c9f8dcac041864cd6ed818b1c0490a32c6](https://www.alfafrens.com/channel/0xdba348c9f8dcac041864cd6ed818b1c0490a32c6) [https://warpcast.com/agust](https://warpcast.com/agust) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c2021cc2b755e0fe2a04d0a1a11d3ea2.png) Unstake ======= Important to note that if you decide to unstake your $alfa, this will initiate a cooldown period and lock your staking actions for the next 24 hours. Withdrawals =========== Since devs were on the vacation this week, withdrawals are obviously essential and should be coming next week, follow and sub to alfafrens team members to know first - @vijay @0xfran @youssef Final notes =========== Superfluid powering the streaming of $degen in alfafrens secured $5.1M funding earlier this year. [ ![](https://strapi-website-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Fundraising_Announcement_Illustration_v2_f1fdcbf182.png) https://www.superfluid.finance Superfluid Secures $5.1M To Boost Growth ---------------------------------------- Ethereum-based token streaming protocol Superfluid raises $5.1 million in strategic funding ](https://www.superfluid.finance/post/superfluid-secures-usd5-1m-to-boost-growth) Alfafrens is the first product they've built on top of it and more is coming with the next one releasing as soon as next month?! In any case, super bullish on these mechanics, seeing money flow like that is a concept the world haven't seen before (at least I haven't). And I really like how it kind of forces you to think what value you can provide to people subscribing to you, continuously, while also being patient with claiming and consistent by coming in daily. Degen is past tipping phase already, apps like alfafrens will push it much further much faster, make sure to be early on all of that by subbing to @wake, @agust, @king, me and others who spend a lot of time on farcaster and sharing. Bonus: How to check your net income? ==================================== Estimated monthly income that you see on the homepage isn't taking into account the amount that you've subscribed to others. But you can check it on superfluid website ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9efd39c0b42af2fee3d76910a337e1ef.png) Net Flow here showing the amount you're getting ### Use the link below and swap, in the URL, the address for yours **go to Account -> Deposit -> Copy address** to get your alfafrens address [ ![](https://app.superfluid.finance/images/superfluid-thumbnail.png) https://app.superfluid.finance Dashboard | Superfluid ---------------------- Superfluid is an asset streaming protocol that brings subscriptions, salaries and rewards to DAOs and crypto-native businesses. ](https://app.superfluid.finance/?view=0xE152a5dB19e64b332CDB3cd6fF955e6D21A2B9eF) What's also great about it is that it also shows when you're going to run out of your deposited $degen - don't let it happen because it'll cancel out all your subscriptions automatically. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ab840421c1a580e907435f96f7882ff2.png) * * * Thank you! ========== Let me know if you liked this guide by minting it. I'll continue revising this guide as alfafrens evolves and based on your feedback, if it catches some steam haha. Send me any questions you have or feedback on alfafrens or [warpcast](https://warpcast.com/maxsl.eth). ### Sub to me on alfafrens [https://www.alfafrens.com/channel/0xc977e70f10177d0c357885f3bf3ca8e3e98819fd](https://www.alfafrens.com/channel/0xc977e70f10177d0c357885f3bf3ca8e3e98819fd) ### Sub to onchainer on alfafrens [https://www.alfafrens.com/channel/0x5cc5bb178b2e6275fa189782781375da3ee98db5](https://www.alfafrens.com/channel/0x5cc5bb178b2e6275fa189782781375da3ee98db5) --- *Originally published on [based notes](https://paragraph.com/@baseddesigner/alfafrens-guide)*