Ringo in the Bracket, Skycastle in the Clouds: GM Farcaster ep291

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My takes on the categories of $SKY critiques I've seen* *𝘐'𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 $𝘚𝘒𝘠, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 I don't believe in quotas. And I believe that diversity is more than external appearance, gender or otherwise. But this is a real short-sighted failing. I'm guilty, and I'm sorry. I will speak for myself and say that I'll strive to do better here. 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Cabal in modern parlance is just a midcurve word for what's referred to as mafias (Paypal, YC, etc.) in SV. Short of a solo-founder doing a fair-market launch (like $NATIVE), this will be a perennial barb. That said, a true cabal would not be as visible as this group is. You know who's in it. You know how it works. The docs are available on day one. It's a token on the open-market. Yes, it took pre-meditated coordination and planning that didn't involve posting every decision to the feed (see: DAOs, Rainbow's M&A department, etc.). But that's how the real world works. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 Very fair sets of questions here. My assessment in joining $SKY was primarily around this. My answer? The NAV model, especially when tokenized, aligns our incentives with founders and token-holders from Day Zero. It puts the onus on us to a) pick great projects with plenty of room to grow and move the needle for our entire space and b) help add value to those projects through effort and elbow grease.

cabal member: “there is no cabal” me: “umm, i can see you” https://farcaster.xyz/geoffgolberg/0x14d7c126

Found the cause and released a fix to mobile and web wallet. If you're still seeing swap errors, quit and reopen the mobile app or hard refresh web.

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Like @jacy, I also bought $SKY and believe in the concept. Honestly, I never even checked the men:women ratio because I consider Farcaster pretty inclusive. It's definitely disappointing to only see 1 women among 30 advisors. As Dad Burr would say when I was younger, "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" 🫡

i think skycastle is a great concept. it helps focus liquidity. cabal-ing becomes somewhat more public and transparent. and there are clearly some very strong and solid names backing this project. for all these reasons, i've bought some $SKY - both on my fc and non-doxxed wallets. that said, i'd be remiss in not mentioning my disappointment in the lack of diversity in the partner network. forgive me if i'm mistaken here, but as far as i can tell, Debbie is either among - or the only - woman on this Partner list. if the expertise offered by this group is "strategy, PMF, product build, comms, GTM, brand, UX, and tokenomics" then i can assure you there are plenty of bright, experienced women on base and farcaster who fit the mold. i could tag some of them here but the list would honestly be too long. i also wanna be really clear - i personally know a lot of the people associated with skycastle to be terrific, bright and inclusive individuals. so this isn't run-of-the-mill FUD aimed to tear them down. i just think the optics here matters. and i'm not sure if it was intentional or an oversight, but either way i'm disappointed that a project with so much promise and visibility missed the opportunity to set a stronger example on diversity and representation. especially given how central inclusivity is to building long-lasting communities.

Today we introduce Skycastle, and our network token, $SKY. Skycastle is the tokenized incubator for the Base + Farcaster ecosystems. We help early builders become credible founders and unify our network under one token.

I posted this through the base app. So, is base app another way to access the farcaster app? I’m so confused 😵‍💫 /gmfarcasfer

would love a boost on this! very excited to do a livestream showcasing farcaster mini apps with @chaskin.eth @ethereumfndn next week https://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/1971258398998954056

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𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀* paul ┐ ├ paul ┐ john ┘ │ ├ paul george. ┐ │ ├ ringo ┘ ringo** ┘ *they're all terrible **on name alone

Farcaster team priorities Design — doing a light brand refresh this week and next Wallet — focused on per asset PnL tracking and better price reliability Onboarding — experimenting with algorithmic free onboarding Rewards — new referrals system shipping this week New user experience — AI generated news summaries of whats happening in crypto Mini apps — bug fixes Protocol — App-based storage

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