Red Dot Anxiety Meets Farcaster Token Fever: GM Farcaster ep296

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This was a lot of fun for the inaugural Battles Codes event which consists of teams trading perps in an esports style competition. Definitely a lot to improve but it’s a cool idea as perps continue to get more popular. The perps platform and live streaming feed had issues and delays but I think it’s a cool idea. I’d specify a minimum leverage amount and specific token pairs to make it more entertaining to follow along and watch. They’re hoping to do more of these events at DevConnect, Art Basel and Consensus HK

CLANKERS DO IT BETR is a one month celebration of the clankerverse on @betrmint, and it all starts TOMORROW! Each week, we will work with @dish and the rest of the clanker team to choose one promising project from the clankerverse and blow up their spot… To kick it all off, we couldn’t think of a BETR place to start than with the sultans of swag @svvvg3.eth and @katkartel.eth from @mintedmerch. Using funds graciously granted by @clanker, we have purchased $1500 worth of $mintedmerch on the open market, which will be used to host a special round of BETRMINT featuring mm-related content on Friday. In the meantime, tomorrow we will host the team on a special @retake stream with @m00npapi.eth to hear their story. Join us at 11AM PST / 2PM EST at the link below. Clank clank! https://retake.tv/m00npapi.eth

✨ New on Farcaster: Recent Trades 🤑 See recent buys over $1000 👀 Tap the new card on the search screen to view all 🔔 One tap to swap or set a trade notification 🐳 Happy whale watching!

@nounishprof @adrienne This moose belongs on GM Farcaster. 🤓

for the record, my frustrations do not equate to hostility i want nothing more than for zora, tba & fc to be astounding successes & my dms are always open of course i want that, i work with builders here each & every day in fact, i’m building an incubator that fundamentally MUST compound asset value across base & fc or i lose everything there are no two ways about it: it’s do or die & i’m all in

Attending a live crypto perps trading competition in NY. It's being streamed like esports! Was funny the announcer yelled "everyone make sure you're on ETH mainnet" 😂 Favorite team I'm rooting for is @garrett @zackb

My first time changing the default I don’t fuck with red dots

Reminder that the overwhelming top request from developers for the last 3 years: user growth. That's why we've been focused on trying to figure out user growth. More users, more people available to use apps. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.

This chart shows the number of casts I’ve posted each month since I first joined, in July 2022. What happened in August 2023? I started running my own hub, and in October, Farcaster opened signups to everyone (until then, it was invite-only). That p2p version of the protocol, with all its flaws, is what really got me passionate about Farcaster. I ran my own hub, and it had the same privileges like any other hub. But if I discovered Farcaster today, would it feel as exciting as the 2023.09 version? I’m not so sure. I was thinking about this while watching this presentation about the “ATProto ethos.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A-0k58TfPo We used to have these kinds of discussions here, too. Not so much anymore. The Farcaster ethos has become "DAU growth", there is no passion about extensibility, data ownership, censorship resistance. I don't feel there is any vision about the protocol, how they want it to look in one, two, five years, just a list of feature requests, prioritized according to some DAU metric. Yes, I know, "none of these matter if we don't have millions of DAU". Like I said: "DAU growth". I also know I'm a niche audience, you can't grow to millions of users like me. Oh, well..

Setting up my Base…

looking to speak with 2-3 folks who want to build a mini app but haven't yet because it's too hard / too much work working on a few things to make it easier and would like to test a few things if this is you

Benji (@benji) joining Base as Head of Design is the most bullish thing I've seen in a while. Great talent addition to the team. Now if we can just get him casting.

fc coins getting rekt as daus dwindle & ct dances around a tba tombstone base pushed zora way too aggressively, integrating a mid-7th pivot platform into an $80b pubco app release at the most fundamental level of usage with zero validation & against a wall of external & thoughtful criticism… it’s unheard of as a result, the two have become inseparable & “base app” has now lost its brand name, barely a year in — but users this & that, see: world fc chose to build against its core tam for over two years & destroyed its public perception in the process; now a token is the only way out base learned nothing from farcasters shortcomings & chose to push creator coins from the very top; now a token is the only way out no one asked farcaster nor base to CREATE net-new creators; this is crypto the long-term sustainability of tba & certainly now fc given the wallet upgrades does NOT depend on net-new creators this is crypto; we’re building crypto apps it doesn’t have to be like this, ya know all both of y’all had to do was build for the devs… they will literally do your job for you; all you need to do is listen & support them

New video tomorrow! 🎶 I'm starting a series where I talk & make music with people: Super Tight Sessions 🎹 On my first episode, my friend Old Man Saxon (known from Netflix Rhythm + Flow) stops by and we....(find out mañana)

Any boost on Twitter/X or leads would be helpful! https://x.com/ljxie/status/1975638875155628123

Super excited to announce the launch of livestreaming on @pinetree! We launched Pinetree on May 1st at FarCon NYC, with the goal of being the best place for casters to create and share long-form videos Now, we're excited to build upon that foundation and add support for live content Thread 👇

Well, my day just went from good to BETR! Feeling speechless. Grateful. Seen. Huge thank you to the @base.base.eth team for recognizing our work on @betrmint with the $25,000 Top Prize in the Live Mini Apps category of the Onchain Summer Hackathon! 🤯 Over the past 6 months, we’ve been shipping nonstop; building one of the strongest token communities on Base, driving $180K+ in transaction volume across @farcaster & @baseapp.base.eth, and paying $60K+ to featured creators along the way. But it’s still day one. This win has given @netnose, @burr.eth and me the motivation we needed to double down and take @betrmint to the next level. Build on Base and you will be rewarded. (It’s not just a thing @jesse.base.eth likes to say.) 🟦🟦🟦🟦 https://x.com/base/status/1975593337307680824

OK pet peeve: Why are the Base onchain summer mini app awards announced on Twitter before their announced on @baseapp.base.eth or FC? Shouldn’t the first announcement be here???? Where the actual mini apps you’re awarding are? Also — congrats to all the winners!! Some great ones in there! But you’ll have go to Twitter to find out who that is.

** Rewards Leaderboard Results ** * Summer has ended, but the Sommer season is just beginning with @chasesommer continuing his climb from outside the top 10 last week to #2 edging out everyone but @bertwurst.eth; Also at #18 is @madisonsommer thoughtful mom and well-rounded non crypto normie--well can you be a normie if you host the Raleigh FC Friday in your home???? I don't think so. * For @ted it must not have been all about that base (app) this week as she's back to #3 & must've posted w/FC a lot more this week; @nanah with another top finish at #4 and did you see her cast this week about what she uses the Rewards for?---tuition! A good reminder to us that even though there may be 'regulars' in the top 10, it doesn't mean there aren't great stories there 💜 * Down leaderboard we've got everyone's lovable @thedude at #17 bribing people to get him an all time high; It's October and that means Baseball playoffs and @kagami at #24--he actually does more than baseball btw; and @pianokamilla at #26--first top 30 I believe 🎹 * Meme-coveted #69 goes to @strwberri * Keeping an eye out for first timers as always & new tiers achieved 🎈

Farcaster fam, gm! I could use some help! Hattie (my 14 yo daughter) and I created a new game called Spikepong. We just launched a Kickstarter an hour ago and need help spreading word. Hattie might get to go to college if this is successful. 😊 Can you repost this and pass this link along to your network near and far? Thanks in advance! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spikepong/spikepong-by-spikeball

"what would the token do?"

Something historic happening at the NYSE today

Yesterday @yerbearserker talked a bit about me on “GM Farcaster” by @nounishprof and @adrienne I saw a clip that had potential, so I edited it, here it is:

If you are reading this and interested in Ethereum, you should come to our opening event @nodefoundation in January.

Pro subscribers only pay a 0.05% wallet fee for Ethereum swaps

I love this question because I get to respond YES! @giftr sends REAL gifts via UPS or USPS. Currently we only ship to the US. But international shipping coming soon. Gifts can be sent to a specific address (your home), to UPS access points (for privacy conscious friends) or passed to another friend (spread love, it's the Giftr way).

New experiment: Trade Ideas @0xideas Trying an experiment where we surface trade ideas from people on Crypto Twitter. Format of the post is the ticker / embed and link to tweet. That's it. A couple of disclaimers: 1. We have no ownership of the asset. 2. NFA / DYOR / Adults have agency If this ends up being popular, will figure out how to migrate these CT generated ideas into trade ideas feed.

This is a big milestone. We're partnering with @superfluid to distribute >$100K in $SUP rewards to @farcaster and @base.base.eth builders over the next 12 weeks. But honestly? This validates something I've believed in from day one: Community-first growth isn't just a philosophy. It's a model that ecosystems want to participate in. We're already talking to several other protocols about using ProductClank as their gateway to reward builders and communities. Superfluid is first, but they won't be last. If you're building on Farcaster, this is your moment. Exciting times! https://paragraph.com/@liorg/superfluid-and-productclank-launch-a-dollar100k-farcaster-miniapp-dev-rewards-program?referrer=0xD5aeFE935Dfc9360945115Dde8da98b596DFbB9f

starting today, all farcaster pro subscribers have access to the beta version of @bondes. join now at https://beta.bondes.xyz this is not a typical farcaster client. there's no feed, channels or mini apps. this is tailored to help you manage your connections, notifications and build personal relationships with the people of farcaster. whether you're a pro user or a brand, you can manage and grant access to multiple accounts, schedule casts, work together on drafts, search social signals, and much more. for each person you can see past interactions, add notes and organize in groups. join us now.

Something big is coming to New York. 🗽 The Aptos Experience — October 15–16, 2025. Word is… a lot of Farcaster folks are pulling up.