# GM Farcaster this week: System Update loading

> Plus Prof made a mini app (yeah we're surprised too) 

**Published by:** [GM Farcaster](https://paragraph.com/@gmfarcaster/)
**Published on:** 2025-12-21
**Categories:** farcaster, gmfarcaster, cryptocurrency, memecoins, zapper, artbasel
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@gmfarcaster/gm-farcaster-this-week-system-update-loading

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GM! Our last week of 2025 was a banger with @jake joining us Monday chatting QR; Wednesday @anika, the product lead for Base chain, stopped by; and then Friday @chintan, Head of Engineering for the Base App was with us after a big week for Base! What a way to end the year! PLUS we had a watch party for Coinbase's System Update and celebrate the general admission for The Base App and loved seeing shoutouts to Farcasters like @afrochicks, @toadyhawk and @nouncoffee. See all this past week's episodes plus the watch party below. OH and NounishProf made a mini app using @neynar ai in their new mini app studio in the Neynar mini app. Go "Save Holly" in her Die Hard the Game mini app!And thank you Clanker, our Spotlight Partner on Mondays, and The Haberdashery, our Spotlight Partner on Wednesdays, for your support of GM Farcaster! Learn more about our partnership opportunities at mediakit.gmfarcaster.com. We are taking this holiday week off for some travel and family time and returning next week with a special New Years Day stream! PLUS we may have a special show with Bertwurst and Uncle Horse (details TBA) so Add our GMFC mini app now for notifications on Farcaster and/or Base App when we go live!Coming up this week on GM Farcaster: ☕ Monday: we are ☕ Wednesday: on ☕ Friday: vacation ➕ Be sure to add the GM Farcaster mini app and follow /gmfarcaster so you don't miss a thing when we return! Mini Apps, Santa Streams & QR Proof the Protocol Is Alive: GM Farcaster ep321 Monday December 15, 2025 with @jake QR TLDR: World bad ❌🌍 → Farcaster good ✅🟣 mini apps ship fast, Warplets imagine a slightly cursed future 🤖 Clanker fees literally turn into holiday miracles (Vespa included) 🛵🎁 all capped off with QR builder love 🧠 From our ChatGPT Intern: GM Farcaster Ep 321 speed-runs Farcaster lore by skipping global doom, celebrating builders, debating dystopian Warplet futures, and reminding everyone to DYOR right after accidentally explaining why nobody does. It all crescendos with Farcaster Santa energy, dystopian future-posting, and a QR spotlight that proves the protocol is alive, weird, generous, and absolutely not doing research. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:03:56 FC News 0:14:22 Builders building 0:22:18 Petlets 0:29:26 QRcoin.fun with @jakeWe’re Not Breaking News (But Base Definitely Is): GM Farcaster ep322 Wednesday December 17, 2025 with @anika, Base chain product lead Thank you to our Spotlight Partner The Haberdashery for sponsoring this episode. Check out the latest in the /degendao channel on Farcaster. TLDR: 🎩 Hat Day energy meets Base suspense as we don’t break news but absolutely speculate about it 🤐 Base App content coins start showing up on Farcaster🪙 Clanker hits pause to fix pre-sale chaos 🛠automation + transparency keep leveling up the ecosystem 🤖plus leaderboard chaos confirms rankings matter deeply (for one glorious week only) 🏆 From our ChatGPT Intern: The gang kicks off Haberdashery Hat Day by not breaking any Base news, then proceeds to break everyone’s brain anyway—covering Base App content coins invading Farcaster, Clanker pre-sales getting a much-needed timeout, leaderboard drama, and why being #1 is absolutely your worth (for exactly one week). We top it all off with Anika, Base chain product lead, saying everything around the big December update (but nothing about it), proving once again that GM Farcaster is 50% alpha, 30% vibes, and 20% laughing at how fast everything changes. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:04:10 FC News 0:19:25 Builders building 0:29:00 Base 0:31:22 @anikaSystem is Updating into 2026: GM Farcaster ep323 Friday December 19, 2025 with @chintan, Base App Head of Engineering TLDR: 🎄 Die Hard mini-app launches, Save Holly drops, clanks fly, and holiday brain is in full effect📱 Base App UI debates, new feeds, trending tokens, and Farcaster clients shifting🧠 Chintan from Base explains what’s shipping, what’s intentional, and what’s already on the roadmap🔐 Opsec horror stories + reminders not to clone random repos🔥 End-of-year vibes, product feedback, and Farcaster absolutely refusing to slow down From our ChatGPT Intern: On the final GM Farcaster of the year, we juggle holiday brain, Base App drama, and a full Die Hard–themed mini-app launch where you literally Save Holly, clank tokens, and climb Nakatomi Tower while Adrienne live-roasts UI choices and multitasks with an AI bot. Then Chintan Head of Engineering at Base jumps in to calmly explain what’s actually shipping, why Base is eating the protocol, and how half the things we complained about are either intentional, inevitable, or already fixed. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:04:10 FC News 0:30:53 Base 0:33:58 @chintanWe had a watch party for the Coinbase System Update on Wednesday - if you missed it, watch it here with a bit of our commentary and overlaid comments from the chat. GMFC shopAND our merch shop is open: gmfarcaster.shop And if you are reading this, grab 20% off your whole order using code GMFCHOLIDAY! We'll be adding some new fun pieces each month -- more to come!We love seeing all the talk about supporting creators!🎉 Here’s 7 free things you can do to help support GM Farcaster (plus 3 others) with full links and info in this thread dropped by Prof: 1. Follow the /gmfarcaster channel and put those notifs on! 2. Subscribe to us on @paragraph for our weekly recaps–great way to keep up! (and if you're reading this on Paragraph, look at the top right to subscribe) 3. Like & Subscribe to our channels on YouTube, Spotify etc (links in🧵). Yeah I know cringe to say but super helpful! 4. Follow us on Farcaster and on Twitter – especially @gmfarcaster which is a smaller acct and needs some love.💟 5. Recast or Quote Cast when you see our episodes drop. (we might even tip you some🎩 degen!) 6. Retweet too – we get a lot of our views on Twitter so help amplify us there too. 7. Watch/Listen to /gmfarcaster and share moments you enjoyed – and come hang in the live chat if you’re available. It’s a lot of fun! Beyond that, you can mint our episodes on pods.media; subscribe to our hypersub; or if you’re a brand, sponsor our show. Details and links to all in the thread on FC.Subscribe to Cup o' GMFC on HypersubGM Farcaster is the first and only live stream news show and podcast covering the Farcaster ecosystem hosted and produced by @NounishProf and @Adrienne. ...https://hypersub.xyzAnd our musings elsewhere: Learn more about sponsoring GM Farcaster: Media Kit: https://mediakit.gmfarcaster.com/ Adrienne: Some of the Things: Some of the things: https://someofthethings.substack.com/p/back-to-mongolia-ai-bot-update-parenting Nounish Prof: Unpacking with Prof: https://paragraph.xyz/@nounishprof AND www.gmfarcaster.com is live along with a new GM Farcaster FAQ: https://paragraph.xyz/@adrienne/gm-farcaster-faq AND GM Farcaster is now available everywhere you get your podcasts including YouTube, Apple podcasts and Spotify! Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com. 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.

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