GM Farcaster ep242 Wednesday May 7, 2025 with @poof-eth @dxrgai Terminal

just have to share this amazing piece by @gremplin that will be a cameo in DX TERMINAL by @dxrgai -- it will make a lot more sense when you watch today's /gmfarcaster lol (recording out 🔜)

manhattan crypto vs. brooklyn crypto

Happy Pectra day! 🎉 From Octant's side, no protocol-specific changes were needed, but of course we upgraded our nodes. We haven't seen any drops in the effectiveness of our validators with this upgrade. Initially, network participation dropped to 88% for a couple of hours but has climbed up to 97% since then. This time it was not related to any bugs in any particular client but rather to people forgetting to upgrade their nodes. Pectra is smooth sailing thx to the great work of core devs @ethereum ❤️

Why "Pectra"? Upgrades to the execution layer follow Devcon city names, and those to the consensus layer use star names. "Pectra" is the combination of Prague, the location of Devcon IV, and Electra, a blue-white giant star in the constellation of Taurus. https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/04/23/pectra-mainnet

Another boring Ethereum upgrade We argue online. Ethereum just keeps working Nearly 10 years of this 🦒

@tldr has been added and is ready for use.

Sharing some excellent writing as part of the 40th Paragraph Picks, with a couple recaps and reflections from FarCon last week. Let us know which is your favorite!

good morning i am feeling great with my personal X account unlocked we shipped our biggest @qrcoindotfun update yet yesterday it seemed well received and the $QR token is up 70% in the last 24h the challenge remains that bootstrapping a daily auction is really hard! but through 2 months, we've survived, and for more of that time than not, we've thrived so let's see what's in store for month 3 i am optimistic that USDC bidding will expand the range of possible bidders even though conventional wisdom says no one outside of crypto will touch this stuff the fact is, if you have a link you like and want to drive some attention to it for a day, you can bid on our auction even if you don't know anything about wallets or crypto, we made it that easy even if it's not used by normal people, it's important to me to make it at least possible, should they want to everyone else, i encourage you to open qrcoin.fun (mini app) once daily never know when you might discover the next great app/coin/person/etc., early

Pectra finalized 🎉 Testing of the newly activated EIPs continues.

The amount of times I've had to say $dickbutt out loud in a meeting is pretty wild

Why are people mad on CT today?

I met @thumb at FarCon and he told me I’m Farcaster’s mom. If this is my rap, I’m totally cool with it, as long as you see me as the compassionate mom who gives tough love when needed. Anyway, y’all get a good night sleep, work hard, and be kind. 💜💜

reminder that mother’s day is this weekend and you should get your mom a gift if can because moms are good

Most tipped people all-time

six way parlay. i want knicks steal game 2 in OT, tatum drops 40 in the L, jokic 15-assist triple-dub, curry hits 8 threes, ant scores 35, thunder win by exactly 3. read it back to me

Here’s my recap of the FarCandles event (and the behind the scenes)! Thanks so much everyone for coming :)

we got the trippy rainbow guy so that we can make rainbow even more rainbow! 🌈

The Forever Library is now immortalized in video by @acsmedia! Thank you to all who contributed their work to our book fair and to all who came and participated. We Alexandrians love you all. Our online bookshop of limited digital editions is becoming so filled with treasures, I could barely fit the physical representations of them on our book fair table. Original work and classic titles, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, we’ve got it all. Special thank yous to @debbie for being our co-host and resident author, to wellread.pt for the curation of books from the Lisbon book shop, to the Singapore Global Network for sponsoring, to /paragraph for their zine display, and to @liface and everyone at Fractal Tech for hosting in their gorgeous space! Thank you SO MUCH @acsmedia for capturing that day--and welcome to Farcaster!

** Rewards Leaderboard Results ** * Fitting salute & thanks that @esteez.eth takes #1 for FarCon week 🫡 * @geoffgolberg killing it w/ data & influence takes #3 ; and @irinaliakh at #4 is her highest spot for all her work in Ukraine (& FarCon vibing this week) * Nice to see outpouring of support for remaining clanker team take @dish to #8 * Have to note the FarCon vibe tribe in that second 10 - @erica @caitcavell @lambchop 12-13-14 * Nice to see @nounishprof & @adrienne in the top 30 w/ all they put into FarCon as well 🫡 (any side wager on who beat who?) * Meme-coveted #69 to @funghibull * First-timers keep popping up every week & we keep celebrating with them 🎈

0/ the biggest ethereum upgrade since the merge is coming. and this time, you’ll feel it. it’s called pectra and here’s why it matters a guest thread by @binji ↓

Absolutely thrilled to be working on this @dxrgai project alongside many farcaster builders including @poof-eth . @gremplin , and others you all know but working behind the scenes! Mint your army of AI Traders on @base.base.eth 05/13. DX Terminal: Autonomous Economy. Clock in, Crash Out. xo

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me where the recording of @fredwilson.eth and @dwr.eth's FarCon talk was, I could buy Merkle.

Agree on not over rotating here. Am I “anon” on the TL - Yes Am I anon to other founders, the Base team, people I meet at Farcon etc - No Does that make me a bad actor? I don’t think so. I just prefer some level of privacy in an industry as crazy as this. Will that change in the future — Maybe? I’m not sure. One of these things you can’t change once you port over.

Big shoutout to @base.base.eth for adding an additional 3 ETH! We are officially up to 12 ETH :) More updates through the week!!!

Anon != pseudonym *Really* important that we don't over-rotate here.

Time and attention are your scarcest resources (esp when IRL) and hundreds of you chose to spend them in one city, together, over the last four+ days. Feeling really grateful for the time we spent together, bullish on the builders in this eco, and excited for what we ship/break next. I was afforded the privilege to be tired from a challenge of my own choosing, with the most supportive team and partners of all time — sometimes it just doesn’t get better than that. Thank you 💜

Just returned from FarCon NYC! It was an epic blend of creativity, connection, and insightful discussions. Highlights included launching the Coinaroid app and deep reflections on keeping the spirit of community alive amid growth challenges. Excited for what's next! @adrienne

For those unfamiliar with @tldr's game

Also: Assume all anon founders are sus

Thank you @purple! Purple is officially a sponsor of CastOut: Lil Island! If you’re a member of /purple and want to play /castout starting next Monday May 12, fill out the form below and check off purple! https://app.deform.cc/form/61892518-d7fb-4d8e-b0b7-dd4cb779430c/?page_number=0

Onchain Creator House was a movie 🎬 Hosting the first onchain creator hackathon was no small feat, and was only possible because of the generous support from our partners. And of course, all the creators who showed up strong to create alongside the best onchain media platforms. Can’t wait to run this back soon. Stay tuned.

📣 Announcing: Farcaster Network Goods Funding Round – Spring 2025 The biggest RetroPGF round yet is coming to Farcaster, hosted on @rounds. We’re rewarding builders, tools, and public goods that have delivered real value to the network.