The most important thing I learned about crypto in 2025: it’s all about markets
Crypto is the only tech that allows *anyone* in the world to deploy universal markets. Seems obvious, but I only internalized this after working with @giu
2025 was about playing with toy markets. 2026 will be about giving them meaning
One of the most counter-culture things you can do right now is to be balanced with your empathy
Our collective empathy calibration has failed, leading to shocking cruelty on one end, and total lack of boundaries on the other
If a healthy limit is to be reestablished, it starts at the individual level and radiates out
I'm reminded of @hyperbad’s cast when I check my socials and see endless streams of the political controversy du jour
Farcaster felt like a refuge from this (ie. a home for the "gray tribe"), but the pivot into trading attention assets leads us inevitably to the largest sink of online attention right now: politics
Grateful for Farcaster and for crypto
This world would be a lot darker if not for this insane cypherpunk technology
When things feel bleak and it all feels nihilistic, remember that Bitcoin and crypto stand for freedom and self-sovereignty in world increasingly surveilled and controlled
Happy Thanksgiving!
I've created a monster
Cause nobody wants to read content no more, they want shitters -- I'm chopped liver
Well, if you want shitters, this is what I'll give ya
A random CA mixed with some hard tickers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVkUvmDQ3HY
PSA — don’t model Farcaster as a public good
It is a company that needs to make money and grow market share. They have to try things until something works at scale. Otherwise, we lose even the chance of positive externalities
There is less tension when we let go of idealized versions of things and accept reality
Train Dreams was unlike anything else I watched this year
A beautiful and touching movie, and bumps Joel Edgerton up as one of my favorite actors in the game right now (Dark Matter enjoyers already know)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/train_dreams
5) LARP founders. has read every pg essay, can't raise, idea guy with a graveyard of incomplete side projects. time horizon: next linkedin post looking for a technical cofounder
Clanker spotlight product request:
Please add a button to view coin above the fold. I want to see the price / mcap before reading more
Right now, have to scroll down to see the coin ticker which clicks thru to the token page — contrast that to pump always showing the trade button and “view coin” near the top
Is there anything interesting happening on Abstract or Unichain?
This time last year, people were shilling both of these chains, and now I don't hear much
Echoes of this with Monad now, but nothing convincing me that the outcome will be different from last year
We have plenty of fast blockspace, what's new?
@thosmur is the second person as of late (@jc4p 🥇) to describe pinetree as “professional”
This is our exact goal — to build a high quality tool that feels *good* to use and respects you as a creator
Brypto yaps nonstop about creators but neglects product. I think we’re part of a bigger wave to change this
Found a big UX issue with mini apps
There is no connect wallet button
As a crypto user from 2018, this poses serious accessibility concerns for me
I’m also hearing rumors that there is no way to set token allowances for ERC-20s before swapping — please look into these issues @horsefacts.eth
