Icebreaker Teams lets you aggregate and view your trusted team’s Hypernetwork so you can focus on verified, high-trust connections instead of blind sourcing or sifting through noisy inbound. Closed Beta begins Oct 2025.

Brian Armstrong once asked for "a Web3 version of LinkedIn", calling out Icebreaker. While Icebreaker does offer a user-owned solution for reputation that will eventually replace traditional networking, Icebreaker is not a social network. Icebreaker is a hypernetwork.

Over the last few months, we've been focused on building icebreaker into a powerful networking tool that helps you find warm intros and hidden opportunities through your extended network. Icebreaker now indexes 10,000 jobs from 800+ companies backed by the top VCs, updated daily.

In a world of fake profiles and AI generated content, Trust is more important than ever. Icebreaker is rebuilding the professional network from the ground up based on who you actually know and trust.

We’re entering a new era of digital identity, when your network, reputation, and contributions can unlock real opportunities. But to get there, we need a better foundation: identity systems built on interoperable data.

Recently, a promising startup had a wake-up call: a pseudonymous but well-regarded co-founder was recognized at an in-person networking event as a developer who was fired for stealing funds from their previous company. This developer had spent over a year crafting a digital identity, gaining influence and trust through online social networks.

High level thoughts 1. Sophisticated deepfakes and state-level hackers are infiltrating remote hiring 2. Everything comes back to trust 3. Advancements in decentralized identity can help address this challenge

Note: unlike regular posts, this is a more technical post intended for builders familiar with Farcaster protocol, Ethereum Attestation Service, and blockchain concepts. About 2 weeks ago, we had a serendipitous conversation with the Optimism RetroPGF and EAS teams about Casts vs Attestations. The topic was how to treat Casts and other public verifiable data in the context of building apps that create and consume interoperable attestations. BackgroundMany builders have found Farcaster as a ric...

FarCon opening remarks to 500 summit attendees wearing personalized icebreaker badges A few weeks ago, Icebreaker partnered with the organizers at Fa...

In light of the recent Farcaster conversation on using black box algorithms for access gating based on reputation, we interviewed Dan (web3pm.eth). Below is a summary, followed by the full transcript.SummaryWhile any system for gating access to anything of value (perceived or real) will be divisive, black box reputation scoring systems tend to be frustrating due to their lack of transparency. However, not all open systems are equal either. Systems that rely on behavioral (e.g., did you do X i...