GM Farcaster ep108, May 22, 2024

coming this /onchainsummer ...

airstack is launching Channel Moderation Tools on thursday, coinciding with FC launch of channel moderation we're taking everything airstack & enabling channel hosts to moderate channels with it, for free this is a core part of airstack going forward, with a robust roadmap around channel crm & dao ownership @dwr.eth

heads up: phase 1 of decentralized channels goes live thursday i’ll be migrating /memes from the 300 warp ($3) channel pass to an onchain subscription with @hypersub. will cost 0.0042069eth/yr (~$1/mo). existing pass holders will get 1y free 69% of subscription revenue will go to top casters in the channel 😎

Q&A With Farcaster: How Crypto Social Media Goes From 100,000 Users to One Billion @dwr.eth and Varun Srinivasan give a peek at how more decentralization is coming to Farcaster, personal takeaways from their time at Coinbase, and other insights. https://shorturl.at/ySLsJ

what do ppl want to understand about the eth ETF situation? AMA

Decentralizing channels update 1. Phase 1 goes live Thursday morning Pacific time (May 23). 2. All channels will start in unmoderated / Priority mode. 3. Will be easy to add a moderator on mobile and web. https://warpcast.notion.site/Public-v2-Decentralized-Channels-535ffce48c95413ea81bc89d6170fd99?pvs=25

Shout out to long termers 🙌 “One thing that’s really important to Varun and myself is having a long-term mindset,” Romero said. “We feel really excited based on all the growth […] we’re using the fundraise to be able to set the company up to actually think about this on a decade-long time horizon.”

Here we goooo. Everything you need to know about the potential (inevitable?) Ethereum ETF, in case someone asks you 😊 (Originally published Jan 2024, updated May 2024) https://blog.matcha.xyz/article/when-ethereum-etf

Paradigm leads $150m farcaster round We ARE getting that token

Excited about this raise - it let's us take a long term view to building and growing Farcaster over the next few years.

Decentralized Social Network Farcaster Raises $150 Million in a Series A Round Farcaster’s valuation stands at $1 billion as a result of the funding round led by crypto investment firm Paradigm, with a16z crypto, Haun, USV, Variant, and Standard Crypto as backers. https://shorturl.at/XcYYB

Excited to share the news about our recent fundraise!

I'll be streaming on @unlonely and @adrienne will be reporting in from the NYC party! If you're going to or hosting a party, I'd love to have you stream in too! DC me or reply below to coordinate.

If you're in the US, care about crypto and have 10 minutes, calling or emailing your congressperson and senators is actually pretty helpful. FIT21 would be a huge win for anyone building in crypto. https://www.standwithcrypto.org

PizzaDAO is the most DAO DAO out there find the pizza party tomorrow in your city: https://www.globalpizzaparty.xyz shoutout to @snax.eth for master organization & @addigator @borrowlucid.eth for getting us involved!

Can’t wait for the bitcoin pizza day NYC party 🍕 Who else is going? https://app.unlock-protocol.com/event/global-pizza-party-2024-nyc

Farcaster.id is now open source (MIT license) 👐 https://github.com/davidfurlong/farcaster.id

GM Faraster cup o' mole is unlimited for those with an abundance mindset -- while wowow is currently limited to 100 until our 100th episode! Get your cup o' mole here: https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/collection/gm-farcaster-cup-o-mole-as1135ef0vsw