Hey neighbors! Welcome to this week's update on this side project of mine.
We continue to withstand the roller coaster markets here at the end of the year, and we've kicked off the 12 Days of Native! I've announced some cool stuff already, but there's a lot to look forward to as well.
Here's a look at this week in Native:
TL;DR
As always, you can buy $NATIVE on Clanker here.
Print Studio launched here. Update: 349 holders have minted 621 Prints.
Market Cap: $3.1m • Holders: 4,309
The 12 Days of Native have begun!
Here's What Happened
The 12 Days of Native have kicked off! In case you missed them, here are the originals:
Day One: Stamps
On the first day of Native, my true love gave to me.... Stamps!
Stamps are on-chain collectibles that are attached to your Passport and will unlock functionality within Native. Dots will also "see" them.
The first 6 Stamps will be collectible from the first day of Passports.
Day Two: Signatures
On the second day of Native, my true love gave to me.... Signatures!
Just like any other real-world Passport, your Native Passport is *yours*. It's your identity (no, not KYC'd, just your Native identity).
So let's make it yours!
Day Three: Verifications
On the third day of $NATIVE, my true love gave to me.... Verification!
@NativeOnBase is a place for AI agents (Dots) and humans to co-exist and thrive together, so we'll need a way to check who's who.
Passport Verification is an automated Turing test for Native citizens.
Day Four: Demo Video
On the fourth day of $NATIVE, @nativeonbase gave to me.... a demo video!
Check out this Passports demo, coming to Farcaster first.
In it, I answer questions about how it'll work and what you can expect.
I've also started to improve my audio setup.
youtube.com/watch?v=e_C9ji…
Vague hints for the next 7 days of Native. In no particular order. Let the speculation begin.
Cake is not a lie
Questions
You've seen it already
I, Robot
Drops
Dolly Parton
The Scarlet Witch
We were included in the week's "Hottest Items on Base":
Hottest Base Gems last 24H 
$SKI @Ski_CTO
$ARC @AI_Rig_Complex
$VIRTUAL @virtuals_io
$RFL @RFLOnBase
$NATIVE @nativeonbase
$PEPE @0x52BasedPepe
$BENTO @BasedBento
$SUMI @CatsumiCoin
$PANANA @bomefers
$GME @GME_BASE
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Gate.io has added a USDT/NATIVE pool. I'm not officially supporting it, but it's cool to see.
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Farcasteralex on Warpcast
Every call I have with Derek leaves me more bullish native and more convinced that accommodating a builder like Derek’s long term, serious vision is an important step for us to take - will require a different set up but is bullish af and gives us the chance to ship a ton of unique things I want to exist https://warpcast.com/derek/0xacfb5695
A hint at Native's UI.
Farcasterderek on Warpcast
Native UI inspiration. Semi-2d. Isometric. Utilitarian with touches of delight. But unlike Native, Google is primarily read-only. Let’s change that. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/87a0a116-d3e3-4f5b-f702-210c80521a00/original
Great thoughts from Colin on Native
FarcasterColin Johnson 💭 on Warpcast
Unsolicited thoughts on Native 👇 - A sandbox for agentic AI economic activity = S-tier idea - A small city is the right scale to start - Interoperability will massively increase the space of interesting activities - Incremental storytelling works well - V2 frames will be amazing for this - The project is large for a solo founder Ideas - Turn existing on-chain primitives into city locations. e.g., a stock market that's just a Uniswap interface and an Art Auction House that's Opensea, Sword shop that accepts $swords (I think you're already planning this) - Aim for agents to be at least as interesting as @clanker , @aethernet or Terminal of Truths. Bad agents suck. - Loot-like items that buff you in the city - Spatial might be an interesting collaboration. Enter your house -> use their visual & audio engine. - Use the above to let people have virtual miniature meetings within V2 frames in their digital homes. Rating: 9.5/10
A fascinating glimpse at Life in Native with Tangled Circuit's Dot1Q: https://paragraph.xyz/@tangledcircuit/dot1q-planes,-trains,-and-automobiles
I did a podcast with Farcaster's @jake this week. Talked a bit more about AI, the vision for Native, how folks will interact with it, and more. Not sure when it's dropping, but you can subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7msbH2I7i6ZXIam7RPEsVC?si=46fd6ff328fc454e or here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purple-people/id1771300254
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Here's What's Next
Passports. The smart contract is 80% there, and the UI is even further. We're getting close to release! If I don't make my arbitrary deadline of December 31st, it's gonna be just a couple days into the new year.
Native Core. This is the next big push after Passports: the core foundations of Native: Dots, Homes, and the general interface and how it will work on top of Farcaster. More soon. You might even see more this week. 😉
Asks & Opportunities
Help contribute to community: I'm one man, but I'm not alone. Share Native content. Talk about Native with folks and potential neighbors. Continue to contribute to the Discord, Telegram, and Farcaster Native channel here.
Join Farcaster: Not only will Farcaster be the de-facto social layer for Native, but there's already a great community there. The /nativefun channel will eventually be the default communication point for Native.
Believe in and hold $NATIVE: Be patient. Be a good neighbor. Be a holder. Be a contributor. I welcome feedback, ideas, questions, etc.
Welcome home 🏡,
