Ringo in the Bracket, Skycastle in the Clouds: GM Farcaster ep291

GM Farcaster ep291 recap Friday, September 26, 2025

🎙 GM — 0:00:00
📰 FC News — 0:07:04
🏗 Base — 0:21:51
🛠 Builders Building — 0:34:24
🎙 CastOut — 0:36:44
🤝 Clanker Partnership — 0:38:32
Skycastle — 0:41:48

👋 The episode kicks off with a warm reunion as the co-hosts reconnect after three weeks apart, joking about how strange it felt not to talk daily for the first time since starting GM Farcaster. They give a nod to their guest hosts who held things down while Adrienne was away, but quickly dive back into the rhythm—catching up on news, laughing about photo backlogs, and debating whether beautiful snapshots should be “coined” or minted as NFTs.

From there, the conversation pivots to recent Farcaster drama and tech hiccups. A wave of swap errors on Base left users scratching their heads, sometimes even failing on trades as small as fifty cents. The hosts walk through the fix—refreshing wallets and updating apps—while poking fun at the situation with the memorable line from @horsefacts, “If you’re in line, stay in line. If you’re swapping, keep swapping.” They also highlight upcoming improvements, such as per-asset P&L tracking, algorithmic free onboarding, and new referral systems designed to smooth out the user experience and grow the network intelligently.

The show then dives into cultural and community moments: Linda’s upcoming mini-app showcase, Tamara Winter’s AMA from Stripe Press, and a playful meta trend around “top nine” lists spreading across Farcaster. That naturally leads into a spirited bracket discussion, where the Beatles unexpectedly take center stage. Prof ribs on Ringo’s drumming skills, joking he’d lose any serious bracket—whether Beatles or drummers—while laughing at the absurdity of casting him as a “winner.” These lighter moments blend with more serious reflections on how Farcaster’s culture thrives through community-driven memes, debates, and shared humor.

The finale spotlights the launch of SkyCastle, a new tokenized incubator from Basil and Garrett. Designed to unify Base and Farcaster builders under a single token, SkyCastle aims to fix a fragmented token landscape by pooling resources and supporting credible founders. The hosts explain how it works: apps contribute a fixed five percent of supply to the treasury, which is then defended with automated buybacks to maintain value. They frame it as an ambitious effort to turn scattered speculation into a compounding network, and a fitting endnote for an episode that blended technical updates, cultural debates, and plenty of laughs—Ringo jokes included.

💜 GMFC News
🤝 Welcome to our new partner – CLANKER! Spotlight Partner starting Monday, September 29. Special Clanker report every Monday at the 30-minute mark!
🎙 CastOut coming back!:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x42ad2682

📰 Farcaster News
⚠️ Swap errors:
https://farcaster.xyz/horsefacts.eth/0x355d298c

📌 Farcaster team priorities:
https://farcaster.xyz/dwr/0xa62cdaad

Mini app showcase with EF:
https://farcaster.xyz/linda/0xabfe7567

🎥 DevConnect Creator Crew:
https://x.com/age_shulman/status/1971257826606719160

🎤 AMA with Tamara Winter:
https://farcaster.xyz/phil/0xbe7d6df1

🔢 Your top 9?:
https://farcaster.xyz/bradq/0x7bb83e46
https://farcaster.xyz/tldr/0x0f17a987

🥊 Clearly Ringo would lose:
https://farcaster.xyz/derek/0xc1625547

Skycastle
🚀 Skycastle launch:
https://farcaster.xyz/skycastle/0xc4e67175

Cabal?:
https://farcaster.xyz/geoffgolberg/0x37d1e1f0

🌍 Partner diversity concerns:
https://farcaster.xyz/jacy/0xb1446d56
https://farcaster.xyz/burr.eth/0xeef72aa6
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x9290fe40

💬 Criticism response:
https://farcaster.xyz/derek/0xbac15543

🆕 Base App
Differences between FC and TBA:
https://farcaster.xyz/chompix/0xb667cdff

🌐 WalletConnect rewards with Talent:
https://farcaster.xyz/talent/0x7406337c

🎬 Basecamp the movie trailer:
https://farcaster.xyz/thumb/0x09937ae9

🛠 Builders Building
🎵 OK Banger coming back!:
https://farcaster.xyz/christin/0xb3bbceae

🛤 Road to DevConnect:
https://farcaster.xyz/cardno.eth/0xb7caff96

Cura for /politics:
https://farcaster.xyz/sahil/0xc8a290a2

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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

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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.

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