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Farcaster's Latest 24-Hour Buzz: A Recap of Daily Highlights
In the last 24 hours, Farcaster's community has been buzzing with exciting updates, feature launches, and user interactions that define the vibrant and ever-evolving landscape of this social network. Here's a concise recap of the most significant events, milestones, and user contributions from the past day.
1. The Terminal Launch:
YB announced the launch of The Terminal, a daily 1-minute guide summarizing Farcaster and Superchain events. This new tool highlights new follows, channel spotlights, mints, and notable casts.
Launching The Terminal today! It’s your daily 1 min guide of what’s happening on Farcaster & the Superchain. - Discover new Farcaster follows - Channel spotlights - Mint of the day - Casts you may have missed Sign in with FC & try here: toc.fun http://toc.fun
2. Neynar’s New Service:
Neynar introduced "Indexer-as-a-service," which aims to simplify the process of integrating Farcaster data into personal databases without the need to maintain hubs or replicators.
Neynar now provides "Indexer-as-a-service" i.e. if you want Farcaster data in your own database, we will pipe it no need to maintain your own hub and replicator we've been successfully piping this to our first 5 alpha customers (e.g. @openrank) over the last few months reach out if interested 🪐 https://warpcast.com/maxp.eth/0xda5f1d5c
3. Spam Filtering Experiment:
Varun Srinivasan revealed improvements in Warpcast's spam filtering, announcing a week-long experiment disabling priority mode to gauge community satisfaction.
Warpcast spam filtering has improved quite a bit! We're turning off priority mode for one week as an experiment. If people are happy, we may get rid of priority mode forever. If you see spam, you can help us by tapping the "three dot" menu on the top right of each cast and hitting Report. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/c7b6b1d7-6123-4b45-73d8-10c1c2eb2800/original
4. Ethereum Wallet Inquiry:
Dan Romero engaged the community with a question about their primary Ethereum wallets on desktop and mobile, sparking large-scale user participation.
What is your primary Ethereum wallet on desktop?
What is your primary Ethereum wallet on mobile?
5. Onchain SummerCamp Highlights:
Akhil touted the success of the Onchain SummerCamp collaboration, with over 50 participants creating 22 projects in three weeks.
Last week we wrapped Onchain SummerCamp at @callusfbi in collab with /openventures and @devfolio - 3 Week Program - 50+ Participants across Developers, Designers, Artists & Creators. - 10+ Idea & Community Partners Produced 22 Projects - across products & artwork all in just three weeks! Insane productivity and creativity at its peak. Huge props to @ted who's been an amazing person to help us host the DEMO DAY and @linda @proxystudio.eth for supporting with feedback on the projects showcased. Here's a live list of all Projects/Builders that have come out for y'all to try : bit.ly/summercampbyfbi_projects http://bit.ly/summercampbyfbi_projects
6. WannaBet Launch:
Limes introduced WannaBet, an onchain peer-to-peer betting tool featuring transparent wager details, smart contract escrow for funds, and judge-based resolution.
Excited to announce the launch of WannaBet, an onchain peer-to-peer betting tool! ✅ Transparent and defined wager details 🏦 Smart contract escrow for funds 🧑⚖️ Resolution via designated judge wannabet.cc https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/40a52093-c0d4-40c3-4441-05f61a064b00/original
7. Pudgy Penguins and Walmart:
Luca Netz shared Pudgy Penguins' plans for a new toy line collaboration with Nouns Noggles, slated for Walmart by the year's end.
Pudgy Penguins is working on S3 toys to put into Walmart for the end of the year. I kind of want to make a sku with the Nouns Noggles. What does the Nouns community think?
8. Chapter One Channel:
Jeff Morris Jr. announced a new Chapter One channel to discuss product design and data, with a focus on user-friendly crypto solutions.
Starting a Chapter One channel for people interested in talking about product, design, and data. We have always been excited about making crypto more user friendly. We will explore new products & progress that is being made. Join us here /chapterone
9. Support Onchain Business:
ChristianØ encouraged the community to support local businesses with crypto payments, offering 500 $DEGEN as a reward.
Can't build for Onchain Summer? Support onchain business in your local community, earn $DEGEN. Go buy from a local business (pay in crypto) OR set up Coinbase Commerce for a local business. Submit proof of support on supportonchain.xyz @bountybot 500 $DEGEN, 60 claims. TY @jessepollak for name/image/likeness 😂 https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/2851e9d9-5a04-406d-49e7-e407ff925400/original
10. BASECAMP/FEST Meetup:
Ted proposed several pre- and post-event activities for BASECAMP/FEST attendees, including a hacker house, meetup, and beach decompress in Venice Beach.
for those coming to BASECAMP/FEST, any interest beforehand (or after) in: 1. farcaster hacker house for devs to have a time and space to code and build together (costs covered) 2. mon or tues night meetup with farcasters 3. chill sunday night decompress on the beach post-FEST *all would be in venice beach*
11. Moshicam Open to All:
Moshicam announced it is now open to everyone, launching with a campaign in partnership with Base's Touch Grass initiative.
since everyone loved sharing their moshis so much... we are now OPEN TO EVERYONE! and to kick things off, we're partnering with @base's Touch Grass campaign to give away 3 ETH in rewards this week🤯 see instructions below for how ↓
12. New Frame Features:
Warpcast introduced a new feature to view streaks across all channels, enhancing user engagement tracking.
NEW FEATURE pt. 2 🎉 view any user's streaks across all channels only on FarcasterStudio.com :)
13. Warpcaster's Latest Tilt:
Several prominent Farcasters, including Varun Srinivasan, rejoiced over large volumes of Farcaster hubs, nearing 11,000.
Hi Casters. We "hired" our first virtual employee a few months ago. I blogged today about how that's going so far https://avc.xyz/the-usv-librarian
14. Community Pool Reward:
Salvino announced the first community pool reward distribution, awarding $10,000 to holders of the top 100 creators by engagement.
The first community pool reward will go live in ~45 mins The first distribution will be $10,000 and given to holders of the top 100 creators on Farcaster by engagement relative to following here’s a quick overview of how we calculate engagement: https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/d44c8f81-34d8-49a9-ea85-b8241ed8d800/original
15. Improved Mint Pricing:
0xdesigner introduced a price reduction for the 'paper boy' subscription, making exclusive designs more affordable.
some news: i've lowered the price of paper boy, a subscription that airdrops each design everyday to your wallet before it's posted to farcaster/twitter. it's now 0.01 ETH/mo, which cuts the cost for a each mint in half ❤️ https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/s/paper-boy-4ivnay4k8bgg
16. Ethereum Rollup Skepticism:
Dan Romero commented on the proliferation of Ethereum rollups, urging developers to focus on creating useful apps.
Roll up this, roll up that How about you roll up something useful into an app for people to use?
17. Rollout of Referral Program:
Slice Frames introduced a referral program allowing users to earn a share for promoting frame purchases.
Introducing: Referrals in @slice frames Share frames and earn money for any purchase made through your cast, if a referral fee is set https://slice.so/slicer/0/products/5 The Slice Pass has a 10% referral. Try it out by sharing this link https://slice.so/slicer/0/products/5 Rolling out to all Slice stores next week https://slice.so/slicer/0/products/5
18. Building by the Sea:
Ted, enthusiastic about his upcoming triathlon, asked the community about the advantages of the Apple Watch Ultra.
two v important apple questions: 1. i should wait until the fall to get the new iphone, right? assume the hardware will be better to support apple intelligence 2. worth it to get the apple watch ultra? i'm active, will likely do a tri soon, starting to go out w/ just watch, no phone more often
Special Shoutout to New and Upcoming Users
A special mention goes to Charlie Becker, who is quickly gaining traction on Farcaster. New to the platform, Charlie xpressed curiosity about effectively using Farcaster and garnered a significant response from the community.
So like, if just cast out here does anyone see it? Is there a good primer on how to do this right? I really like this place
These highlights showcase Farcaster's thriving community, where users continually innovate, collaborate, and engage in eaningful discussions. Stay tuned for more updates as the network evolves and grows
Minimalist Farcaster
good job
the first issue i haven't vetted https://paragraph.xyz/@minimalist/01-07-2024