GM! We had a great chat with Dan Romero, cofounder of Farcaster, on Friday -- you'll find it at the 30 minute mark or look for the chapters below to jump to it. Or watch the full episode below. Thanks so much @dwr for dropping by!

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 welcome the team from Empire Builder @glanker.

OH and Clanker is also our first sponsor for the upcoming season of CastOut! We just dropped all the player and sponsor info for the next season of CastOut in the /castout channel. Let us know if you want to join in the fun!

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Thank you Dan Romero, cofounder of Farcaster, for stopping by to chat about the latest upgrades and priorities for Farcaster. Always great to have you pop by! TLDR: 🏝 Cast Out “Return to Memecoin Island” announcednew Farcaster Trade ideas & top stories feed🛹 Dave Bachinski smashes a $30K Degen-funded kickflip world record🧠 Dan Romero@dwr joins to talk platform tweaks, wallets, and what’s next

From our ChatGPT intern: The Friday show kickflippeed off with goofy vibes, follower-count drama, and a full Taylor Swift fandom detour before diving into Farcaster updates, including trade ideas and top stories feed, CastOut’s “Return to Memecoin Island,” and Dave Bachinski’s $30k Degen-funded world-record kickflip. Later, Dan Romero joined to talk product tweaks, wallet improvements, and what’s next for the network, while the hosts sprinkled in AMA news, merch recs, and twig-inspired life lessons like it was the most on-chain variety show ever.

🎙 GM — 0:00:00
🎤 CastOut — 0:05:18
📰 FC News — 0:09:53
🛠 Builders Building — 0:23:47
👤 Dan Romero — 0:30:00
🌌 Sora Fun on the Timeline — 0:47:40

🤪 The episode kicked off with goofy energy, follower-count chaos, and a full-on Taylor Swift detour. The hosts bantered about fluctuating follower numbers on Farcaster—veterans rolling their eyes while newcomers panicked—before diving into spam replies and mini-app notifications. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s album drop took over the chat, leading to parenting debates, channel gossip, and Mika’s suspicious “Who is Taylor Swift?” moment that gave Vitalik-Googling-Tom-Brady vibes.

🏝 Next up was a big announcement: Cast Out is returning for Season 4 — “Return to Memecoin Island.” Tribes of five will battle it out Survivor-style across Farcaster mini apps and channels, with Clanker stepping up as the season’s title sponsor. Adrienne shared her runner-up experience from the first season, encouraging everyone to join for the chaos, friendships, rivalries, and sheer fun of it all. This segment brought major community hype and perfectly set the tone for the onchain games to come.

The news block featured product updates and platform experiments. FC introduced a new Farcaster Mobile search tab with trade ideas, top stories, and token groupings—connecting social chatter to trading activity in a uniquely Farcaster way. The hosts gave feedback on UI color choices, discussed the potential of social + financial feeds, and previewed upcoming tweaks like reply bumping making a comeback. Dan Romero joined to talk through these updates, emphasizing how token context and grouping can unlock new forms of engagement.

🛹 The episode closed with a mix of community highlights and cultural moments. Dave Bachinski broke a world record by landing 38 kickflips in one minute, earning a $30K Degen bounty and collapsing heroically at the end. There were shoutouts to builders like Kenny, AMAs with NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie, merch and holiday gift suggestions, and Patricia’s surprisingly profound twig growth updates. From memes to milestones, it was a jam-packed Friday episode blending Farcaster product news, community energy, and plenty of laughs.

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

🆕 New – trade ideas and top stories:
https://farcaster.xyz/dwr/0xd7d6e89d

✨ They like the warplet:
https://farcaster.xyz/0xluo.eth/0x2db5ce4a

🔐 Embedded wallets:
https://farcaster.xyz/dwr/0x533fd415

🛹 Kickflip world record for $degen:
https://farcaster.xyz/kenny/0x2e07dfea
https://farcaster.xyz/davebachinsky/0x8dcfe9e6
https://farcaster.xyz/jacek/0x80a8e683
https://farcaster.xyz/burr.eth/0x7f758712

Looking for FC native goods:
https://farcaster.xyz/kagami/0xf2eeb1f3

🎤 AMA with @spencerdinwiddie:
https://farcaster.xyz/farcaster/0xba4e5646

🌿 Twig wisdom:
https://farcaster.xyz/patriciaxlee.eth/0x57456fc8

🌐 FC at DevConnect:
https://farcaster.xyz/devcon/0x9a661230

🏆 Uniswap Cup at DevConnect:
https://farcaster.xyz/uniswap/0xd0de38a0

✈️ FC at Network State Conference:
https://farcaster.xyz/aviationdoctor.eth/0x75e0f77f

🛠 Builders Building
📊 GeckoTerminal miniapp:
https://farcaster.xyz/bobbyong/0x63e6c055

Loot but make it purple:
https://farcaster.xyz/obxium/0x1dea987f

💣 betr bomb:
https://farcaster.xyz/toadyhawk.eth/0x581855f4

New Degen app:
https://farcaster.xyz/jacek/0x077088fe

🧮 About Neynar scores:
https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0x90523261

🧠 Blueprint strategy:
https://farcaster.xyz/goyabean-/0xcc24de8e

🌌 Fun on the Timeline
Sora with an S:
https://farcaster.xyz/ccarella.eth/0xfcb81c79
https://farcaster.xyz/ccarella.eth/0x65864543
https://farcaster.xyz/bradq/0x01af9ed6
https://farcaster.xyz/darkoh.eth/0xec741a08
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xa96750a9

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