Fork on the horizon and $chef in the spotlight: GM Farcaster ep358

Shipped in last 2 weeks: > Snaps lego > Clanker Ecosystem Fund, clanker deployments on BSC and Solana > Home feed experiments with reply bumping, in case you missed it, and relevant for you Current priorities: > Social - making Snaps on client + UI polish, onboarding and account recovery flows, spam algo improvements for replies and home feed > Wallet - price and swap improvements, connecting warplet to other websites > Developer - signers on snapchain with granular permissions Goal is to experiment to see what grows the network while retaining culture and signal reach out w any questions

@tomu has been checking $ETH every day since 2017. traded derivatives before crypto. watched charts through every cycle. and after years of staring at price, he came to one conclusion: the chart is always the last to know. so he built something that watches what comes before it. what started as an onchain experiment became his full-time job in a week. he went solo founder, shipped 21 updates in the first month, rewrote the backend, built spam filtering from scratch, and hasn't taken a day off since. not because it was easy. because he believes social data frontruns markets, and someone had to build that tool properly. @checkr tracks what Farcaster and X are paying attention to before it moves anywhere else. real influence, not noise. sustained mindshare vs short-term hype. attention scores, token deep dives, and an agent skill so your AI can ask what's spiking on Base right now. we integrated CHECKR's API into clanker world because it made the whole ecosystem smarter. the social score on every token page is his work. a lisbon-based solo founder who stayed through the bad cycles and built the attention layer anyway. that's the kind of builder clanker was made for.

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We just won the @qrcoindotfun auction. For the next 24 hours, that QR code points at $EAT. If you're new here, here's what we're building: Wyoming Decentralized Exchange (WYDE) is a Wyoming Nonprofit / DUNA running the first Impact Exchange®. It's a new category of exchange. Trading activity generates fees. Those fees fund causes. Hunger is where we started. $EAT is our first cause coin. It won't be our last. What's happened: - Feed the Children is now our exclusive national hunger-relief grant partner. - We just launched the Hunger Network on eat.ong . A foodbank directory connecting anyone in the world to 14,320+ verified organizations. - BitMart Trade-to-Feed-athon goes live at the end of the month. - Community Telegram is live with a rewards engine for the people putting this mission in front of more eyes: http://t.me/EATCommunityBot - $EAT debit card goes live by the end of Q2 (spend-to-feed) - Token governance goes live by the end of 2026 20,000+ meals funded so far. GO WYDE®

To all the returning influencers:

https://farcaster.xyz/cassie/0x382c7452

I’m on the side that supports warplets which is that 👉

another @qrcoindotfun auction winner is now featured at the top of @clanker's website. any time a clanker wins our auction they are automatically featured on clanker's website as well. onchain attention from all angles, this time for $EAT by @wydeorg. don't just be one of a million clankers. grab a feature, son.

On a plane for next few hours AMA about gmfarcaster, starting a consulting company, transitioning from salaried employee to founder, relearning to code after a 15+ year detour, being a mom to 3 teens, or anything else (supposedly that’s what the last A stands for anyway)

The road to X Wallet continues? X introduces Cashtags in US & Canada for Stonks & Crypto 👀 You click & it brings you to the asset & chart Have to think that another click to buy or sell isn't already imagined... https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2044187672969879654?s=20 cc: @nounishprof @nikitabier

Read it once. Then read it again. Ask serious questions to @cassie directly (only after you’ve read every link they’ve posted). Only trust information coming from their account. Trust nothing else! Be vigilant. Be cautious. Spread the word. Ask questions in threads publicly. Ask questions in group chats. Ask. Confirm. Double check. Do not connect your wallet to ANYTHING new without ensuring it’s 1000% legit. This is the PERFECT moment for sleeper accounts and scammers to come out of the woodwork. You cannot be cautious enough over the next few weeks. Please share intel with friends who may have been gone for a while and are coming back because they are hearing rumors. Make sure they are informed. Revoke any signers you haven’t used in the past month. Be vigilant. May the odds be ever in your favor.

We expect there will be a lot of imitators via clanker and also outright scams (we're already seeing brand new accounts spamming an airdrop claim tool) Here's what you need to know: - it won't be done via clanker (for those who have been keeping up with development, this is obvious, but it needs to be said) - there is no "airdrop", it's protocol rewards based on activity (among also rewards for app devs and protocol node runners), but there are retroactive rewards based on the same rules that apply going forward. Details here: https://github.com/orgs/farcasterorg/discussions/19 - @mvr's frame (wish it didn't say airdrop but it is what it is) reflects the current state of the retro calculation, however, this is not set in stone and, as I've asked folks before, we need your input! (see link above)

farcaster classic is not launching a token. the token talk circulating right now is tied to hypersnap, a fork of snapchain, both participants of the farcaster protocol. the hypersnap team has been referring to the token as a farcaster token, because it is a farcaster token. understandably, this has caused confusion, because neynar refers only to their side of the fork as farcaster, and yet they have none of the original protocol dev team. to reduce confusion, when we say "farcaster" we mean the ecosystem and protocol. when we say "farcaster classic", we mean the side of the fork neynar maintains. consider the history of eth and eth classic, and this POV will make sense. farcaster token is coming this month. 🫡

farcaster is not launching a token. the token talk circulating right now is tied to hypersnap, a fork of the farcaster protocol. the hypersnap team has been referring to their token as a "farcaster token". understandably this has caused confusion for the broader network who don't follow the technical aspects of the protocol. to be clear, this isn't a comment on the fork effort. we just don't want the speculation to continue bringing noise we don't want here: bots, farmers, and scam accounts that drag down the experience for everyone. so if you're joining the farcaster app today in anticipation of a token, there is no farcaster protocol token drop. sharing the facts lets us get back to our main focus: building a better network.

🤣 @fwb coming up in vetting of Kevin Warsh https://x.com/matthewstoller/status/2044111736387559822?s=46&t=N80rptBytKhSU-csz4Akrg

I'd be scared of me. Fight me on Fight Night if you dare!

Without the fork, there’s no guarantee/hope that FC keeps running if/when Neynar shuts down or decides to pivot. The FC network is currently a permissioned set of nodes. Hypersnap is a permissionless set of nodes. Anyone can run a hypersnap node. Soon there will be token incentives to run a node. If nothing else, it’s a useful escape hatch if anything happens to Neynar. Philosophically, I don’t believe a VC-backed company can create a truly decentralized social platform.

The first “relevant for your” cast shown on my feed was pretty on point. Instant follow. Well done @farcaster & @neynar

What's your protocol token allocation? https://schnapps.onchain.cooking/snap/airdrop

We blinked and @clanker's hook hit $2.5B in volume Clank Clank

Report User > Spammy > Block User > Block > repeat 🔁

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Excellent advice from neynar Reporting as spam is the fastest lever. I just banned a bunch from /replyguys and reported a ton. Use the report button... let's keep our home clean 🫡

You have any Clanker airdrops to claim? Now you can check right from the feed! https://snaps.onchain.cooking/snap/clanker/claims

Thanks for the notice. We found suspicious activities that keeps registerring new Farcaster accounts through Firefly, then extract their signers, and use these signers in scripts to post spams. These spams are not posted on Firefly. We will restrict the new account registration check to avoid more spam accounts creation. These spams will soon be nerfed and become invisible.

the superpower of blockchain has always been it removes barriers to transferring funds it's been so awesome to see clanker powering dreamer's ideas with the market's approval part of the reason I believe Farcaster and Clanker are a dynamic duo is because it enables hungry devs to build what they want having @gmfarcaster (@adrienne & @nounishprof) steward CEF feels like a continuation of that perfect fit!

introducing the new stewards of the Clanker Ecosystem Fund (CEF): @gmfarcaster - @adrienne & @nounishprof they have been two of the most embedded people on farcaster since almost the beginning, and staying on top of everything being built here is literally their job. they'll make decisions independent from the clanker/farcaster/neynar teams. humans over algorithms means no gaming the system, just resources flowing to people actually doing the work. 20% of clanker protocol fees go back into the ecosystem via the CEF. 60% to infrastructure and taxes, 20% flexible strategic reserve (allows for buying $clanker, giving more to CEF, etc.) developers, creators, tinkerers, experimenters: if you're building here in any capacity, this is for you. more on how to apply soon.

for those who haven't been around: merkle started farcaster, with the snapchain protocol at farcasterxyz on github, and was notoriously token-cautious until they acquired the clanker token, but neynar now owns farcaster, along with the now associated token clanker, and theres also a farcaster fork called hypersnap, at farcasterorg on github, which is launching an associated token and its primarily being driven by the quilibrium team, which has quil as an associated token. base was using farcasterxyz's farcaster and was not launching a token, but has been exploring a token themselves and is no longer using farcasterxyz's farcaster. also merkle is now at tempo, which has an infinite number of associated tokens, but they're basically all stablecoins. hope this helps.

heads up: there's a wave of scam bots posting fake "claim airdrop" mini apps right now if you see one, don't click it ❗ a few things that should be red flags for these scams ❗ — nothing casted about it from @farcaster, if we're doing something we will tell everyone about it — nothing about it in /fc-updates (check the "Updates" tab in the sidebar <--) — uses the old farcaster arch logo we're nerfing accounts as we see them (client-side). tag me if you spot one or if you want me to confirm if something is real

Sorry, the intern can't come to the phone right now, they got access to the nerf button.

📣 we’re bringing everything under one roof /farcon-rome summit is moving to the same venue as builders day → industrie fluviali. same location, two days, making the whole experience feel more cohesive and easier to navigate across both events industrie fluviali is a post-industrial space in ostiense with multiple floors, rooftop terraces, and plenty of room to talk, build, and hang. it’s super easy to get to: close to ostiense station, piramide, and testaccio. just 2 metro stops from the colosseum and if you already booked your stay near the previous venue, you’re good, the new spot is well connected and only ~2 metro stops away feels like the right move and excited for what this unlocks!

GM Farcaster is excited to be partnering with the FarCon Rome team as the exclusive media partner! We have 6 sponsorship spots available open now to bring your message to not only the FarCon Rome attendees but everyone watching the content after the event the event AND leading up. This exclusive opportunity includes: - your branding onsite at the event in Rome - branding and audio shoutout on all FarCon Rome recordings - sponsor shoutouts/promos/interviews at FarCon Rome - weekly promo leading up to the event during GM Farcaster with your brand/casts promoted to our approximately 4500-5000 weekly live viewers plus the thousands listening/watching our podcasts. We have 6 spots available at 1 ETH each (or equivalent usdc) while they last. Reach our to me or @adrienne, or fill out the interest form here and we'll touch base with you. We'll also be dropping into some of y'alls dm's in the next few days. https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/Ov9wDVE_1CQW/formcaster https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne/0x955af6ad https://www.farcon.eu/