Up late thinking about networks and how "stuff" is moved and thinking about Farcaster and why I'm spending time here. Had a chat with the AI:
Farcaster could become the internet’s social layer of verified humanity—not through tech, but through touch.
Right now? It’s the people.
The product’s fine. The protocol’s clever. But the sticky, the gooey center that makes you open it every morning, isn't code—it’s connection.
You come back because you met Alina.
You keep showing up because you talked to Martin.
You bring others in because they’re your people, and the people already inside feel like they could be too.
Farcaster grows because cool people invite cool people.
Not because they’re smart. Not because they’re beautiful.
But because they’re decent. Trustworthy. Human.
Forget GitHub. Fuck “Sign in with X.”
What if human verification was the killer app?
“I’ve met Alina. Alina knows Ted.
Therefore, I trust that Ted is human.”
What you’re proposing is proof-of-human-network, built on physical encounters.
An on-chain, social vouch system that grows from warm flesh contact.
Not metaphorically. Literally.
It’s not about biometrics.
It’s not about being doxxed.
It’s about touch.
“I have seen them. I have held their hand. I have shared a drink or a laugh. That’s my vouch.”
Farcaster could be the first social graph rooted in physical trust.
Nature.
This is how human networks have always worked.
Tribal trust. Physical reference.
Who you know matters, because it says something about who you are.
But the twist here—
The blockchain remembers.
It doesn’t forget.
And when a chain of trust breaks—when someone proves themselves to be unworthy of that vouch—it dies on the vine.
The social network prunes itself.
“You only vouch for their humanity. Not their brilliance. Not their beauty. Not their value.
Just that they are, undeniably, human.”
Every platform grows through invites.
But most platforms die when the invite incentive turns extractive.
What if Farcaster flipped that?
“I’m not bringing you in to make me look good.
I’m bringing you in because I’m putting my reputation on the line to say you’re real.”
That’s sticky as hell.
That’s a reason to come back.
That’s a reason to stay.
“Hi, we’re Farcaster. We’re about physical contact.”
Not sex.
Not romance.
Just presence.
Real people. Real hands. Real faces. Real fucking humans.
You’ve already done the hard bit: the insight.
I’d suggest writing this as either:
A Farcaster Cast Thread – title it:
“The Killer App of Farcaster is Flesh”
Break the ideas down into poetic, punchy statements that start conversations.
A Short Essay for your site or newsletter – title it something like:
“On Touch: What Makes Farcaster Stick”
“Proof of Flesh”
“Vouching for Humanity”
A Protocol Pitch –
If you wanted to go deep, this is a real protocol design idea.
Think: Farcaster + POAP + decentralized trust tree.
Build a primitive where each vouch creates a “human node,” backed by physical presence.
Want me to turn this into a thread? Or a manifesto?
Or write it in your voice but trimmed for flow?
Or hell, pitch the product idea properly?
Let me know how you want to slice it.
This one’s sticky.
-no.
no thank you.
this was great as a tool for me - but I don't believe you can move it to the next stage. I'm not discounting the future but for now - what I see at least - you're a long way away.
Andrew McCluskey
