this week on farcaster… yeah. where do i even begin?

first off, collectible casts are now a thing, and let me tell you, everyone suddenly turned into digital hoarders overnight. people are out here collecting legacy casts like it’s museum day and everything’s got lore. the vibes? immaculate. minimum bid is a dollar, which feels cheap until you realize you’re emotionally bidding on someone’s bad take from february. new casts expire after a day, legacy ones stick around for 7 days which feels like forever. but hey, you can only collect them if the og poster has opted in, and turns out some of y’all haven’t opened farcaster since the bear market began. justice for uncollectible bangers.

ted is leaving the farcaster team, which feels like the end of an era. no drama, just growth. rooting for her next thing fr.

meanwhile, rainbow is dropping their v2 app soon, i tested it and it’s clean. like live balance updates every 5 seconds kind of clean. plus candlestick charts are finally in-app. they’re not playing around anymore, portfolio tracking just went from vibes-based to actually functional.

speaking of launches, talent protocol is set to drop creator scores next month. prepare for people to flex their “impact” and “contributions” like they’re stats on a video game character.

base batches demo day 001 happened and honestly? bag secured. noice took home the 100k prize while 9 other teams each grabbed 40k and 30 more teams got 20k. it's raining buildoooor funds. now build.

farcaster rewards added a new bonus, post a video longer than 10 seconds with audio for a 500 point boost. sounds hard until you realize miguel just posted a 10-second countdown video. solved it like a side quest.

also, bankr got listed on coinbase, hit a 74m mcap at its peak, and got that sweet coinbase ventures love through the base ecosystem fund. big week for the bankr bros.

on the airdrop front, cults gave out 20,000 cults to some people in farcaster. no one knows why, no one’s complaining. and clanker dropped a new airdrop tool where you’ll be able to clank tokens with preset address lists and allocations. devs stay building.

also scout game season 2 just started. if you played season 1, go check the app in case you’re eligible for an airdrop.

onchain news, arbitrum is throwing out weekly grants, 2500 dollars a week to the top 5 mini apps with the most onchain activity. mini app builders, rise and grind.

aptos also started quietly building a presence on farcaster. partnered with GM Farcaster and burr to host poker nights. nothing screams community like poker. ngl i’d keep an eye on them. something’s cooking.

and if you haven’t heard, zora content coins are on absolute fire. propaganda became the first company to launch a coin, and visualizevalue followed up by hitting 15m mcap. but the streets are divided. some love the speed of coining, others think it’s giving rug potential. either way, zora is the new hottest meta onchain. whether you like it or not, i would not fade.

last but not least, balaji is doing another network state conference, this time on october 3 and still in singapore.

oh and degen summer sale is here. 2 shirts for 1. because nothing says bull market coping mechanism like matching degen drip with your internet friend.

that’s the week. if it felt like a blur, same. catch you next week. or don’t. i’ll probably still write it anyway.