GM Is Dead, Long LiveGM: GM Farcaster ep328 with ToadyHawk

I think the Beeple got to him 🤣 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2010985782153265398?s=46&t=N80rptBytKhSU-csz4Akrg

“Eric Adams removed the liquidity…” as if he knows how. Sound like Sahil (or maybe the other Hayden) is back. https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/2010945632505127317?s=46&t=N80rptBytKhSU-csz4Akrg

GM! https://x.com/beeple/status/2010939139580182555?s=46&t=N80rptBytKhSU-csz4Akrg

Banks are still fighting yield https://x.com/eleanorterrett/status/2010944937135640806?s=46&t=N80rptBytKhSU-csz4Akrg

I’m excited for the future of $Politics and the politics network. The newly released token is already fully integrated with our political prediction mini app policast.xyz, we’re going to be working with @kenny to support individuals to take irl political action via @poidhbot, @degencummunist.eth and I are hosting the weekly politics show every Friday at 1pm EST, and we’re giving a weekly airdrop to everyone that casts about politics via @cura. We’re just getting started.

I wrote a post covering a few of the core challenges we faced building a production system for executing thousands of Ethereum transactions per day at Farcaster I hope this can be useful to others and interested to hear of other approaches. happy to answer any additional questions you might have! https://farcasterhq.notion.site/Public-Executing-Ethereum-Transactions-2e66a6c0c101805886b0c79d216c4ee6

29 Seconds of Farcaster ... What did you miss this weekend? * We learned that @quotient Creator Leaderboard & Rewards will be back this week, starting tomorrow, sponsored by... $BETR 💜 * @bracky released a new distribution method where BRACKY MAX holders (10M+) were granted 'free' shares of teams in the NFL Playoffs, and in a couple other sports MAX were able to select a team in 'pregame' to get shares. A novel benefit to holders where as bracky put it, other models extract value, BRACKY can give it to holders * @flexasaurusrex has hit it big with his 'REWIND MTV' project created when MTV announced no more videos--check it out here https://farcaster.xyz/flexasaurusrex/0xdb608ecf * @pods sadly announced that they will wind down operations--shifting the site into maintenance mode. Pages and pods will remain but no development or maintenance. Many FCers expressed thanks for their work * @kongsynft shared a new 'ECHO' voice-first mini app which looks interesting--you can check it out here https://farcaster.xyz/kongsynft/0xcac1c7e4 * From what I gather, there is no /gmfarcaster today, but tomorrow instead where @nounishprof & @adrienne will have guest @toadyhawk.eth to talk $BETR ...so note that scheduling

Gm zm farcaster friends. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite shirts Still 3 episodes behind rn since we have been in India but plan to catch up today and tmmr during travel! I'm so excited for the creator economy of 2026 What are you most excited about this year!

so this happened — they just showed Polymarket odds on the Golden Globes

i’m… pretty sure chat thinks i’m a woman?

Also safe with some “trusted co-conspirator energy” (and I apparently have two right hands, but we’ll just ignore that part)

Tickers on X https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2010277345651990564?s=46

JACK IS BACK taking a beat after a hectic year hits diff catching up on some clanker events: - new politics token by Jared, had a great call with him pre-clanker - Igor trying out Builder Coins - Vlady working on an app to claim your clanker fees - pizza is baking what else did I miss?

Chat vs gemini lmao

Oh boy… @mvr @rjs feels like neither of these options is necessarily great for me 😝

the #1 trending ai meme in all of crypto as categorized by @coingecko is on @base.base.eth and it was created publicly on the 𝕏 social feed by grok with our very own @bankr and @clanker $DRB

gm use following feeds so you aren't subjected to the whims of whatever Head of Slop runs the algo feed on your social media of choice

Wrote up some thoughts on passkeys, and why we shouldn't use them for crypto wallets that want a consumer grade ux. Special thanks to @horsefacts.eth and @deodad for all the research that went into this last year. https://www.varunsrinivasan.com/2026/01/10/the-problem-with-passkeys

To give you an idea of what @tldr just did for all @bracky MAX holders (10m $BRACKY held in your bracky wallet): - Normally, markets open up at 50/50 - the fastest secure the best prices - instead for week #1 playoffs, Tim and team airdropped us (MAX HOLDERS) all positions according to value - snipers didn't get the best price, the sites power users did Ty Bracky , @tldr and @maxp.eth 🫡

Bracky with a big ol' distribution to max holders. "...a fundamental shift in the way prediction markets can distribute value."

WEEKLY CLANKER ROUNDUP Sharing major updates from builders in the Clanker ecosystem SURGE ($SURGE) Surge now supports the x402 payment protocol, enabling any mini app or AI agent to programmatically purchase Farcaster engagement (likes/recasts) via simple HTTP requests with automatic USDC payments on Base. Developers can integrate in ~10 lines of code PRODUCTCLANK ($PRO) ProductClank’s growth booster campaign helped BizarreBeasts win $100K in A3 rewards with less than $200 budget. 173 creators helped create content, rally votes and grow attention SKYCASTLE ($SKY) Accepted @giftr into Skycastle. Working with 6 projects currently: @charmsai, @dendotshow, @quotient, @likesdotfun.eth, @ripsapp, and @giftr. Expanding membership and considering new projects to help RETAKE ($RETAKE) Launched Founder Mode — streamers can vibe-code their dream app live, use their coin as the app’s token, and fund what they’re building POOLFANS ($FANS) Launching: Time-box fees (route fees through wrapped revshare tokens that grant holders fee-claiming rights for a limited time) + Fee Automations (auto-route each fee claim to desired swap/stake action). Coming next: Post-Clank LPs (set up Clanker-style pools post launch) LIKES ($LIKES) Launched daily prediction games where users watch and bet on viral TikToks: 417 tickets sold, 146 unique players, $1250 worth of likes token distributed so far RUNNER ($RUNNER) Runner was awarded a 5 ETH Base Builder Grant. The new Runner App is expected in Q1 BARIO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM ($BAES) Announced building a permissionless marketplace alongside the core indie game distribution business, where digital creators can sell globally with instant payouts, across things like templates, fonts, sound and FX packs, guides, courses, plugins, 3D assets, and small tools MINTED MERCH ($MINTEDMERCH) The Minted Merch mini app now includes a daily Spin-To-Win mechanic and a new Mojo score system that reflects social activity, mintedmerch token staking/holdings, on-platform purchases, and in-app engagement THE HABERDASHERY ($HABS) Reward claims contract has been funded and app is ongoing final testing among dao. A prop is ready to go to vote to fund a community grant fund to incentive builders to adopt habs as well as vote to enable buybacks on habs token CHECKR ($CHECKR) Building mini app v2, an interactive way to find alpha through social data. New design, new features, and notifications for attention moves and alpha signals for checkr token holders INDEXY ($I) New improved search across indexes, assets and quants, low liquidity token handling, and increased daily invites to the closed index trading beta HOUSE ($HOUSE) Polishing the product and bringing more creators onboard - fixed recording audio playback issue, push notifications for house updates, pull to refresh to get up to date space details. Bringing prediction markets and Creator Spotlight series soon

Where is value captured headed in crypto? Four primary places to make money on a swap 1. UI 2. Asset (as issuer) 3. DEX 4. Chain UI is most lucrative today, but most pricing pressure and competition. Asset is most durable -- assuming you can maintain interest in the asset. Today DEX isn't too competitive, but in the medium term expect it to be commoditized. Chain is a good business but UX improvements at UI layer means consumers won't care what chain. Ultimately comes down to liquidity / best price & execution.

most people should be looking at prediction markets for news, not necessarily betting on them I read somewhere that @barmstrong said prediction markets benefit from insiders betting (not sure if he actually said that or was made up). If he did, I think he is right. - prediction markets aren’t securities; they’re event contracts where payouts depend on outcomes, not managerial effort - insiders betting on prediction markets exposes truth faster to the world than waiting on traditional announcements - information has a price, prediction markets allow insiders to monetize their information (whether you like it or not) unless you have insider information to know the outcome of the market, betting on prediction markets is the same as gambling. there's nothing wrong with it, gambling can be fun (people play poker with friends) but it's good to be honest about it. Without added info, there's no added edge. However, as truth seeking machines, it's great to observe them and know the future. They are essentially, and obviously, time machines. It's funny in the sense that if someone had decided to build a time machine 20 years ago, they would not have predicted gambling as a tradeoff on the other end. one can argue "they normalize gambling" etc. however I don't think there's any reason to blame prediction markets solely for it. they are just the type of new market that went mainstream recently. humans have consistently increased the number of markets they have access to and have gambled on them. Imagine not having equity or commodity markets. Someone in the 1500s might have resisted against them for the same reasons. Kids born today will not find prediction markets any weirder than we find equity markets. We still have to teach kids about the risk of gambling ofc. It's possible to gamble on equities and it's possible to gamble on predictions. The options available have increased but the fundamentals are the same. Time machines are cool. Worth being picky about which markets you bet on.