the big news are the 100% focus on being the best wallet. There's a certain user type that comes with it. Will Farcaster grow beyond degens and farmers and become the default wallet and by extension social network for crypto? Will Farcaster go global? We shall see.

1-10 bullet points / links with a short explainer

1. Farcaster becomes focused on being the best wallet. What does that mean for becoming the best social network ? https://farcaster.xyz/v/0xd7837a55

2. Linda on Farcasters crypto focus https://farcaster.xyz/linda/0x965224e3

3. Dan on Embrace Crypto vs abstract it away https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0x3c86375b

4. Dan on onboarding and defaults vs power users https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0x3451b739

5. Stripe Tempo EVM chain leaks through job posting https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/08/11/stripe-blockchain-tempo-paradigm/ since it’s in partnership with paradigm i assume it’ll use RETH as nodes which makes sense given information of EVM compatibility according to the Fourtune article.

6. Farcaster moving storage fees to Coinbase custody for funds to be used in rewards https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0x9a095b5d

What did you see? tag @samuellhuber.eth on Farcaster to ping great insights for next week's episode.

Here's the current overview of Farcaster metrics.

• How much funds do users hold? aka what's the liquidity you can tap into? How much of these is held by quality users?

• Is the network growing? How many of these users are considered quality (using OpenRank global scores for filtering). How does activity look like?

• Which chains are used the most among influential accounts and how does Base vs Solana dominance look like?

• How many daily active users (DAU) does Farcaster have right now? How much activity exists aka how many new posts? how many of these new posts are from quality users?

The full data can be viewed live on the Dune Dashboard

Don't underestimate the Indian community. Get to know it. I am writing this from Goa India as part of the FBI Based Fellowship. People are developing applications and learning way faster then anywhere else. That means there's real experience being gained that most will lack as Mini Apps grow.