GM Farcaster ep259 Wednesday June 18, 2025 presented by Octant

I wrote a playbook for media companies to grow on Farcaster 4 building blocks: 1. A channel 2. A private group chat 3. A mini app 4. An AI bot Plus, crypto native tools for distribution, engagement, onchain cred: →️ Paragraph - for newsletters →️ Ponder - for polls →️ Buoy - for keyword alerts →️ ️Pods - for podcasts →️ ️Zora, Highlight, Rodeo - for minting media →️ ️Clanker - for meme coins →️ ️Hypersub - for memberships Send this to media companies you wish would lean further into Farcaster. We deserve a /moz AI bot is all I'm saying https://paragraph.com/@adrienne/the-farcaster-playbook-for-media-companies

does 4 picture posts work for panoramas? let’s find out

Update on Farcaste Pro for developers 1. Farcaster Pro subscription contract is deployed and live on Base. All new subscriptions through the Farcaster app happen onchain (like sign ups). Developers can permissionlessly build on the contract. 2. Contract supports monthly subscriptions. We may add monthly subscriptions and gifting subscriptions to the Farcaster app in the future. Other developers can offer that functionality today if they want. 3. Snapchain is reading from the contract and gating certain features — 10K character casts, 4 embeds, profile banners — based on pro subscription status. 3. A huge shout out @dynemyte @blockheim @gabrielayuso.eth @gt @horsefacts.eth @sanjay for all their hard work. From idea to onchain and fully in the protocol in less than 6 weeks.

Introducing intori A social mini app built on Farcaster for discovering people through shared interests. Answer questions, meet new people, and send gifts that include $INTO tokens. We’re building your friend graph for Farcaster. Live now in the Mini App Store!

** Rewards Leaderboard Results ** * @henri took the privy + stripe announcement to the top & then got pulled into a horserace with 'Xile' @shawmakesmagic & held him off at the end-they finish 1-2 * @cherdougie takes #3 for that $600 & first time in top 10 & if I haven't said it yet, is truly one of the 'vibe tribe' & queen for this week * @debbie another first in the top 10! ; & @keccers.eth #6 has figured out the formula to not finishing 11!; & @bertwurst.eth despite abandonment slips in at #10 * welcome @mart first week on FC at #14!; & nice to see @patriciaxlee.eth in the top 30 (1st time?) at #27 * Meme-coveted #69 goes to @miawintam as she bumps @nounishprof to #70 🤷‍♂️ * Remember, 3000 get Rewards now so probably see more First Timers to celebrate with 🎈

THANK YOU /purple for passing the prop! There will be at least 2 /purple questions included in this week’s /fctrivia — so start looking through the /purple & /fctrivia channels plus recent Purple props for hints! The trivia game starts at 12:00, Jun 18th EDT (TOMORROW) and the prize is 200 $USDC ($200). Hosted by @nounishprof and sponsored by @reserve @purple with Reserve’s prize rolling over from last week. Register in the mini app!

💰 fee capture is now configurable to generate more rewards for creators 👯‍♀️ split rewards with multiple addresses any way you want 🫗 vaulting supports continuous vesting over a period of time ☔️ airdrops by uploading a list of addresses and amount to be claimed, can also be vested 🍱 choose your clanker type on deploy such as presets like "project" or customize your own 👷🏼 build on top of clanker extensions by writing your own Uniswap v4 hooks

Picked up another /purple token because this @0xen art still hits! This one is a beauty! 💜

clanker v4 will fundamentally alter the way creators, traders, and teams think about liquid markets this next iteration of the clanker you know & love will unlock endless capabilities for all sorts of creative clanks so how will YOU clank? here's a primer on what's imminent: https://paragraph.com/@dish/introducing-clanker-v4

Lots of mini app related things launching today - Neynar starter kit is now a deployed mini app so you can see it in action before starting off with it - "npx @neynar/create-farcaster-mini-app" or try linked demo - starter kit now automatically supports light mode and dark mode switching - [this is the big one] there is now a built in Share component that not only allows personalized sharing but automatically tags your _best friends_ on the network so they can try out the app* *We calculate best friends for every user and have made this available as an API. This means any mini app developer can now get their users to share their mini app effectively, from the get go! https://neynar-starter-kit.vercel.app/share/1568

And this is how I learned Pro got the new 10k character limit (you go touch grass for one day and ya miss stuff!)

Another bullish case for Farcaster... Would you rather spend countless hours building a brand presence and at any moment be deplatformed? Or Build where you can't be canceled, your voice matters, tribes are genuine, and the potential is limitless? Farcaster is small but mighty 🫡

Test hot dog car with hamburger car aspect ratio.

Things I Have Barked At (a working list) - Assistant #1 - Assistant #2 - Uncle Pierre - Luna & Bubbles - Bosa - Hank & Gus - Luna & Bubbles mom when she didn’t give me a treat - A dove - A lizard - A bunny - A javalina - A deer - A rock - A different rock - The vacuum - The mop - The doorbell - A saguaro - Assistant #1 when she said “we’re out of matcha” - A sprinkler head - A mysterious smell I caught on the wind - The wind - The mail carrier - A delivery driver - My own fart - An unknown dog across the street - The bug guy - A cat in a window - A UPS truck - A leaf falling unexpectedly - The algorithm - A knock on the door - The Zojirushi rice cooker song - The garage door - A trash bin being dragged - A recycling bin being dragged - The sound of keys - The full moon - Someone saying ‘hi’ too enthusiastically - The microwave beeping - The toaster popping - Assistant 1 sneezing - Assistant 2 sneezing - The shower turning on - The hair dryer - Nothing (just testing) - A dog in a commercial - A child laughing - A piece of trash in the road - A plastic bag blowing by - A patio umbrella, folded but not secured, swaying slightly in the breeze - A shopping cart - A car door slamming - A motorcycle - Fireworks - A passing ambulance - A fly - A bee - A spider - A shoe being taken off - A towel on a chair - A man wearing flip flops and socks, slowly walking past the window while loudly humming a song I didn’t recognize, then stopping to take a selfie with my neighbor’s cactus - A grocery bag - A package being opened - The printer printing - The printer not printing - A soda fizz - The blender - The freezer door opening - Someone walking by the house - A chair being scooted - A cat existing - My harness - The word ‘walk’ said out loud - Assistant 1 putting on shoes - A suitcase - A backpack - My own sudden understanding of mortality - A doorbell on TV - My own reflection - A shadow - A Teams notification - A dad in cargo shorts and a baseball cap adjusting the straps on his toddler’s helmet while the toddler repeatedly said “whee!” despite not being in motion - A mysterious beep - A regular beep - A dog barking on a Teams call - A dog barking in real life - The sound of cheese being unwrapped - The phrase ‘not right now’ - The phrase ‘you already ate’ - The vacuum again - The wind again - A bunny I was dreaming about - The concept of doorbells in general - A YouTube ad - A bird flying too low - An umbrella opening - An airplane overhead - A cardboard box that wasn’t there the day before - A person carrying a large object - A toilet paper roll - A pillow falling off the couch - The passage of time - A shadow that looked like a demon - A demon that looked like a shadow - A duck - A goose - A hat on the couch - An intrusive thought - A beach towel draped over a patio chair - A skateboard - A stroller - The garbage truck - The recycling truck - A man in a navy blue hoodie and white sneakers walking a large golden retriever who kept looking over at me - A jogger with headphones on - A kid in a neon green helmet riding bike, stopping suddenly to adjust his socks - A hose - The rake - A dropped tortilla chip I was not allowed to eat - A folding chair - A yoga mat - A potted plant - My own bark echoing - A mirror - The screen door - The baby gate - A woman with a tightly coiled bun and tortoiseshell glasses at a table across from me at the coffee show, with a notebook in her lap, occasionally sipping from a tall iced drink and adjusting her coat like it didn’t quite fit (she smelled like coconut) - A child with a balloon - A statue - A life-size cardboard cutout - A parking cone - A delivery robot - A PokemonGo meetup - The espresso machine - The coffee grinder - A cabbage - A subwoofer - Hogwarts Legacy - A balloon - A pigeon on a table - A rolled yoga mat - An unrolled yoga mat - The freezer ice maker dropping cubes - A lint roller being used - A drawer closing too hard - The sound of velcro - A pen rolling off the counter - A remote control falling on the couch - The extremely long song the clothes dryer plays - The smell of someone I’ve never met lingering on Assistant #1’s jeans - The windshield wipers - A sunshade being unfolded - A bouncy castle - A leaf blower - A horse - A grocery bag tipping over - A cyclist - Assistant #2 doing yoga - Assistant #1 singing off-key while folding laundry - The shadow of a tree that looked like a man holding a large spoon - A fish tank at the pet store - A child on a scooter who did not stop to admire me - A jacket hung over the back of a chair in a way I found offensive - A person on rollerblades - The garbage disposal - A swing set - A tail (my own) - A child’s toy that spoke unprompted - A pot boiling over on the stove - A jogger wearing a matching lavender workout set who passed by three times and never acknowledged me, which felt like a personal slight - Someone moving furniture slightly - The absence of cheese - The presence of cheese - The eerie glow of a computer screen left on overnight - Siri speaking unprompted - A foam roller - The shadow of a drone - A person wearing a big hat - The slamming of a car trunk - A patio chair scraping on the ground - A painted rock on the sidewalk - A parked scooter - A bag of flour - A tennis ball under the couch - A tissue being pulled from the box - The broom falling over - The neighbor saying hello from behind the fence - The silence after asking to go outside and no one responds - The wind coming from the North - The wind coming from the Northeast - The wind coming from the East - The wind coming from the Southeast - The wind coming from the South - The wind coming from the Southwest - The wind coming from the West - The wind coming from the Northwest - The ceiling fan on high speed - The oven preheating beep - The smell of vinegar - A pile of laundry - A frozen pea on the floor - A child in a spiderman costume - A woman shouting on speakerphone at the coffee shop - Crocs - A parked motorcycle - Assistant #1 wearing a hat with ears - A person using walking sticks - A golf cart - A sign that says “No Dogs Allowed” - A woman carrying a brown paper grocery bag that was slightly tearing at the bottom, and I could see a bunch of bananas and what might have been a baguette sticking out, which was suspicious - A propane tank - A Little Free Library - Someone playing country music on a bluetooth speaker on a hike - A child blowing bubbles - A dog wearing shoes - A car with eyelashes on its headlights - A man eating a banana - The scent of grilled meat - The crunch of a plastic water bottle being stepped on - A basketball hoop - A mailbox - A fire hydrant - A towel - A doormat - A ladder - A puddle - A bike rack - A compost bin - A gate - A sliding door - An elderly woman wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and pushing one of those floral-patterned rolling shopping carts - A storm drain - A bird feeder - A bush rustling - A wind chime - A soccer ball - A basketball - A kickball - A roll of wrapping paper leaning against the corner of the closet - A baby stroller - A moving truck - A bus making that psssht sound - A train whistle - A parking meter - The inevitability of being left behind

Wallet now shows % changes in 24 hr price! h/t @slokh for this

when you're ethereum aligned down to your fingertips 💅 💅 w @chipped

Profile banners are now live on mobile for Farcaster Pro subscribers Coming to web later this week. Optimal aspect ration: 1500 x 500 px

getting @octant @chipped nails in berlin, life cannot get better

Fixed a lot of small issues causing some swaps to fail. Swap success rate should be significantly improved, and will continue to get better. h/t to @slokh for improvements.

PSA We shipped a new horizontal "embed" viewer on casts. Supports multiple images, video, URLs and mini apps. Getting ready for supporting 4 embeds for Pro subscribers later today.

this is how 4 different farcaster clients show my user profile. some interesting notes: - fc is the only one that hides spam accounts. of my 9.4k followers, only 3.6k are not “spammy” - uno shows neither followers or following - recaster & super display FID - badges: recaster & super show what i assume to be PRO badges (but might also be power badge remnants). super also shows subscriber badges. no badges on uno. - X links on all except uno. fc also shows streaks and $ earned (i deleted it here) - PFP most prominently displayed on uno, which is a design-forward app. - not shown, but super and recaster use your display name (sparkz) in-feed. uno and fc opt for your username (jacy). i have a strong preference for display name over username.

Things we are going to improve soon: - Fluctuating follow counts - False positive spam labels - Notifications getting too noisy Anything else annoying you?

the usdc from my warplet keeps disappearing I was so confused I just realized tipping tuesdays is not sponsored by warpcast, and the max amount you can tip is based on your usdc balance, not some sort of engagement performance 🤦‍♂️ non standard tipping wallet UI confused me

Onchain payments are the future. Every business should develop a plan to accept stablecoin payments. The Commerce Payment Protocol we developed with Shopify is an open standard that any e-commerce solution or payment platform can integrate. If you're a developer check it out. Github: https://github.com/base/commerce-payments

excited to partner with coinbase on their next consumer endeavor wanted to build this into coinbase products for a long time, now doing it from the outside 🪐

Does anyone know the IP range one should target to DDoS @shawmakesmagic ? Asking for a friend...