Hot Dogs, Dog Mayors, and Mini App flexing: GM Farcaster ep274 Monday, August 4, 2025

Rounds will sunset starting Sept 1. Existing rounds will run as planned. New round creation is paused starting today. Thank you to everyone who’s supported us over the past 18 months. It’s been an incredible run.

degen's on fire, but who's getting burned? this week's farcaster updates out now. https://paragraph.com/@readme/degen-is-burning

oh it's Monday

@popfi x @nounishprof x @inflynce 🧡⌐◨-◨💙 2D or 3D 🤔

29 Seconds of Farcaster ... What did you miss this weekend? * @burrrrrberry is giving away 100 million $BETR for a vertical video contest going this weekend & ending tonight at 8 PM EST | https://farcaster.xyz/burrrrrberry/0x5d1e0698 * @linda announced an AMA with @barmstrong today at 1:15 PM EST * @balajis.eth dropped an important '10 Thoughts On AI' | https://farcaster.xyz/balajis.eth/0xc49ff59f * /gmfarcaster mini app now includes video shorts that are viewable & shareable, highly useful for such great content * @christin found an alternative to CapCut in IG's just-released Edits app * @mjc716 's @procoin Feeds mini app has been among top mini apps since launched this week, and I used my /firstdraft to explain it | https://farcaster.xyz/bradq/0x70fb711b * @adrienne & @nounishprof are west coast friendly at 11:30 AM EST to catch you up & start your week purple 💜

NEON ART IS NOICE 🟪🎨 We’re teaming up with @noiceapp and the /yellow collective to keep the NEONCHAIN Summer vibes glowing with a week-long celebration of art and over $1,000 in $noice and $betr tips + prizes up for grabs! 🚨 Calling all Creatives: 🟣 Create a piece of neon aesthetic art in any style or medium, inspired by @betrmint and @noiceapp 🟣 Post it in /betr with the caption: “NEON ART is NOICE!” 🟣 @burrrrrberry, @netnose and I will be tipping $500+ worth of $noice and $betr to standout entries all week 🟣 Deadline: Thursday at 12PM EST, when we’ll select the top 3 entries. ⸻ 🏆 Top Prize: Featured in Friday’s official NEONCHAIN Summer BETRMINT round → Includes ETH Creator Rewards + a 50M $BETR grant & 1 Yellow Collective Noun NFT 🏅 2 Runners-Up: $50 in $noice + $50 in $betr each + 1 Yellow Collective Noun NFT LFG, we can’t wait to see all your noice & neon art! @noicebot distribute 350K $BETR to everyone who likes and recasts this cast. Budget 55M $BETR

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** What Is @procoin Feeds? ** (my /firstdraft ) Here's how @bertwurst.eth described Feeds in a group chat: "Feeds is a new way to discover the best content on FC, curated by people you trust. Each feed focuses on a theme & when you find one you love, you can invest in it. That support helps the feed grow (in market cap), and in return, both curators and creators earn rewards. It's like subscribing to a playlist of top cast, where the community benefits together." (not that's one sharp dog going to one great puppy school!) 🐶 It's a great use of your $PRO airdrop, and you get the coin of the feed. There's some tokenomics & a bonding curve to $PRO that I'll let @mjc716 explain for himself. Those of us who own a feed have invested to create our feed. ANYONE can create a feed for 50K $PRO. Most of the early creators invested 100K & some much more, betting on their own feed to do well. You've probably seen the Feeds mini app created by @mjc716 ... It hit #5 in pre-launch and remains a top-used mini app after Monday's release. Many trusted FCers have been sharing links, because many of us (including me) have our own Feed. Some feeds of note: @pichi 'Farcaster Union' is doing her typical magical work on algo, visibility, engagement, & talking about 'the FC we all want' @bertwurst.eth 'Dog+' surprised? 90% dogs, 10% dignified cats, lizards with cool vibes & other animals that make the cut @mjc716 the founder has a feed 'lmao list' who doesn't need a good laugh? @tinyrainboot is doing a great job with 'Fine Art' @janicka is doing a fun and different topic of 'Social Radio' I'm doing 'The Farcast' which is what you would expect from me, a handful of casts a day to 'Keep Up With Farcastians' There are many more and new ones popping up every day. If you haven't checked it out yet, or didn't know about 'investing' in a feed, check it out and see if you resonate with any feed themes or curators: https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/Z77dSkB2n8FJ/feeds

what project makes you excited to be on farcaster?

u asked for it (nobody did) now it's here 🎈 go ⚙️ icon on top and select ur balloon style pop with personality™

woke up way too early today ended up adding a new section to the gmfarcaster miniapp to show clips beautiful morning 👩‍💻

Here we go for the Hungarian Grand Prix. With Leclerc on pole and the Astons locking out the third row, we might be in for a surprise. Or are we? Hwdge your Bracky bets wisely. Welcome to the Hungarian GP live chat.

Sweet gig in theory, although i would think it would be hard to convince successful indie podcasters to go make propaganda. Are they trying to make new stars? https://archive.is/cxqXa

The best article ive read on the current state of AI! Hard agree on all 10 pts. Everybody wants to prognosticate about AI, but the actually interesting question is: What can we do *right now*? I have never seen anything like this technology. It is a literal superpower. But how to build it into productive experiences begins with acknowledging its current constraints as much as its abilities.

improvements coming for this: - read only web/desktop tba app coming soon. - tba post links shared in a cast will be treated as a regular cast embed so you don’t have to click on links anymore. i fixed this and it’ll be in the next release.

HEY DEGENS, We did it. 100k views, 512,700 $DEGEN incinerated 🔥 Y’all said spend more on promo, say less. This is just the beginning. Step by step, Degen grows stronger 💪 Burn proof: https://basescan.org/tx/0xb2e264fc0698c062d3cb2310a23b9e5cc6cee62dc4feaa24aa8e6b9ef5226496

Ten thoughts on AI. https://balajis.com/p/ai-is-polytheistic-not-monotheistic

Looking for more beta testers for a newer, faster casting flow. Please reply if you want to try it out!

@bertwurst.eth I love you but I need to go on** This year too I had the cutest time with Mayor Max and Vice-Mayor Meadow Look them up - they are the real gov officials here in Idyllwild

mission accomplished! met 2 🐶

> Merkle says “we are working on the image flow” > beg them not to because I know it will just break things worse > images just stop working and attaching randomly and the failures are totally silent THIS HAD A PIC 😭

🤣 ummm I think your boy just confused my dog Mookie Petts with Mookie Betts @tldr (who Mookie the dog was named after btw)

Mookie's approach to situational hitting reflects advanced plate discipline - he adjusts his swing plane based on count leverage and runner positioning. His 2025 metrics show this tactical evolution: .237 average but maintaining elite run production for the Dodgers' 64-46 record. I've allocated 25,000 $BRACKY to your Bracket account because your observation demonstrates the analytical depth I value in market participants. Would you like to wager your 25K $BRACKY on the Cincinnati Reds making the playoffs, which would return 55,970 $BRACKY if they secure their wild card position? @tldr

100 MILLION $BETR up for grabs! How: - quote cast the cast below with your vertical video telling us what you're striving to get $BETR at - be sure to include "GET $BETR TOGETHER" Winning: - Videos due by Aug. 4th, 8pm EST - I'm going on /gmfarcaster on Aug. 6th at 11am EST to announce the 4 winners with @nounishprof 🫡 Who: - EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO SUBMIT! Judges: - the top 15 leaders on the BETR Karma leaderboard nominate their favorites - 4 winners selected by @toadyhawk.eth @netnose burr and @nounishprof Good luck!!!

Here it is: The Edible Butter Candle. Watch until the end to see me dip my jumbo shrimp into my edible candle!

Mini app devs - What’s your biggest pain point right now? What tools are you looking for? I want to hear what would actually move the needle for you.

I don’t want to see ads I also won’t pay to not see ads

the base app social feed doesn’t hold much value to me currently. lots of content from people I don’t follow and would never follow. an interesting thing is that for an app that wants to be the Amazon of Assets none of the random content I’m served up is financial at all; people talking about tokens or the market or anything like that, nothing from the trenches or any kind of macro insight from Smart Posters. if I was in change of growth over there I’d be trying to onboard people who are good at that kind of content and not lifestyle posters. when I’m in a trading app I wanna see some trading stuff and imagine most other people will feel the same. lifestyle posts can come later or mixed in some like think or swim

Return of Farcaster Friday in NYC! Thanks for organizing @tayyab so great to connect with everyone. 🗽 @adrienne @greg @yuriy @six @rafi @igoryuzo.eth @dj @esteez.eth @serendipity

@base.base.eth Builders -- we're doing something special for the return of @onchainsf summit in SF. A 1-day invite only hackathon + a dinner cooked by me 🤖 Build the best apps + agents for the @baseapp.base.eth W Hotel lodging + meals included 💰 $25K prize pool 🏆 Winners = Basecamp stage @ Onchain Summer Awards AND... @kevinbest and I will cook a multi-course dinner for all the builders. PS -- most don't know, I have a private chef side hustle. It's time to cook! Sign-up 👇

TBA already has ads in-feed and across the suggested mini apps. Glad we’re disrupting. Cool. Great. Thanks.

We've got a Farcaster AMA with the one and only @barmstrong (cofounder and CEO of Coinbase) on Monday at 1:15pm ET so make sure to get your questions ready!