GM! With our new Spotlight Partner Clanker, each week we'll have a Clankcaster Spotlight with the latest news and projects launching on Clanker and we'll be interviewing founders of projects built on Clanker. On Monday, we welcomed Jordan from Empire Builder @glanker and learned so much! See the episode below along with the full show notes and summary.

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TLDR: 🧰 Bot fixes, wallet chart upgrades & private wallet talk CastOut returns + weekend antics in 30 seconds 🛹 $30K kickflip bounty 👑 Jordan from Empire Builder breaks down his onchain mini-empire

From our ChatGPT Intern: Nounish Prof showed off her new MintedMerch, while Adrienne was deep in bot maintenance, followed by dishing on CastOut’s dramatic return, wallet chart upgrades that exposed everyone’s entry points, and a $degen kickflip bounty that made crypto feel like the X Games. Jordan from Empire Builder joined at the 30 minute mark to break down how the @glanker Farcaster mini-empire actually works—somewhere between startup masterclass and onchain empire-building 101.

🎙 GM — 0:00:00
🎤 CastOut — 0:04:09
📰 FC News — 0:06:05
🛠 Builders Building — 0:21:22
🌌 Sora Fun on the Timeline — 0:25:03
🐲 Clanker News — 0:30:40
🏗 Clankercaster Spotlight: Empire Builder — 0:32:00

👒 Hats, Chaos & Kickoff
The episode opens with Nounish Prof debuting a shiny holographic “gdupi” hat while juggling end-of-semester grading chaos. Adrienne admits she’s been neck-deep in bot maintenance instead of mini-app building, setting a hilariously honest tone for the Monday show. The crew lays out the plan: news up top, followed by a Clanker spotlight featuring Jordan from Empire Builder. They tease the return of CastOut, the Survivor-inspired Farcaster game, which is coming back with meme coin flair and fresh sponsorship energy.

🧠 Onchain Empires
Jordan from Empire Builder joins to give listeners a behind-the-scenes look at his project. He breaks down how Empire Builder works on Farcaster—essentially letting users build and manage their own onchain “mini-empires” in a way that blends gameplay, strategy, and social interaction. The conversation feels part startup workshop, part crypto lore, as they explore how Farcaster builders are creating new kinds of networked communities. It’s both educational and energizing for anyone curious about the next wave of mini-apps.

📊 Wallet Upgrades, Private Trading & Weekend Recaps
The hosts then recap the weekend highlights: Betrmint kept things lively with poker spins, collabs, and contests, while many quietly binge-watched the Network State conference or got lost in Sora. They dive into new Farcaster wallet features—like chart upgrades that display everyone’s buys and sells—leading to some good-natured teasing about $25 “alpha entries.” They also discuss the new option for private wallet importing and how it could appeal to larger traders who don’t want their social graph tied to every move.

🛹 Kickflip Bounties & Spicy Search Takes
The show wraps with some cultural highlights: Toadyhawk delivers a spicy critique of Farcaster’s search curation strategy (which Dan is currently handling manually), sparking laughs and real feedback. Then there’s the $30K Degen bounty that led to a new kickflip world record—because apparently, crypto and skateboarding now share a stage. Between new MintedMerch, empire building, wallet alpha, and X-Games-level stunts, this episode blends builder brain and meme energy perfectly.

🏗 Empire Builder Links
🌐 Mini app:
https://www.empirebuilder.world/

📝 Recent updates:
https://farcaster.xyz/yerbearserker/0x85a7320a

💬 Channel:
https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/glanker

📰 FC News
🧰 Clanker airdrop tool update:
https://farcaster.xyz/dish/0x72c32b0e

🎙 CastOut coming back October 27!:
https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/castout

⏱ 29 seconds of FC news:
https://farcaster.xyz/bradq/0x070c00e4

FC app crashing, fixed:
https://farcaster.xyz/v/0x1c77377a

📊 Feature Friday – Fast Charts:
https://farcaster.xyz/v/0x6494d7a1

Token charts now with dots:
https://farcaster.xyz/slokh/0xa2e32961

👀 See you buys/sells:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x3283b143

💼 Import wallet – would you use it?:
https://farcaster.xyz/v/0xef3f6981

🧠 Punk strategy:
https://farcaster.xyz/rhynotic/0x37b681b8

Did you see the alpha?:
https://farcaster.xyz/dwr/0xe89ad45f

📝 Top stories feedback:
https://farcaster.xyz/toadyhawk.eth/0xf7e064db

🛠 Builders Building
🛹 The $degen kickflip story:
https://farcaster.xyz/kenny/0xa7386333

Cura updates:
https://farcaster.xyz/sahil/0x19cc5062

🚢 dgen1 shipping:
https://farcaster.xyz/ahn.eth/0xa76b392d

🌌 Fun on the Timeline
Sora with an S continues to amaze:
https://farcaster.xyz/kmacb.eth/0x2e75b999
https://farcaster.xyz/mikedemarais.eth/0x511502bb
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x902d5d60
https://farcaster.xyz/pederzani/0xc1ee2f0c
https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne/0xe2e5dcaf
https://farcaster.xyz/horsefacts.eth/0xd6c4eaaa

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Nounish Prof: Unpacking with Prof:  https://paragraph.xyz/@nounishprof

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NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR.