$8 xMoney Experiment, Farcaster Trivia & Building with bankr: GM Farcaster ep389

you shouldn't need to hand over your SSN, DOB and other personal info just to pay/be payable online, especially when it's a p2p use case crypto rails solve this for custody & settlement, but you still have no idea who you're settling with as addresses aren't human readable (sure, ENS exists but like all domains you have no idea who's behind them) @quidli addresses this with an open social registry that has reputation signals attached from across multiple socials that your non crypto contacts actually use (x, github, linkedin, email, etc.) + permissionless onchain payments composability is a must have as we transition to the agentic web - no interoperability means no coordination means no autonomy from the walled gardens & data moats of Web 2.0

cool experiment but when I went to set up xmoney it was crazy the info they wanted: dob, ssn, blood of first born child, just no. Not worth it Granted I know Elon already stole all our data with DOGE but I’m not putting it in yet another database for ya big dog — sorry @jack https://x.com/jackbutcher/status/2101796578428104762?s=46&t=N80rptBytKhSU-csz4Akrg

✏️ I created a lil FC client on my website, which grabs any of my casts which starts with a pencil emoji. This allows me to curate quick thoughts on my site without having to redeploy (it's a static site). You can see it running here: https://almithani.com/ Was fairly straightforward using Hypersnap's docs (https://github.com/farcasterorg/hypersnap-docs-web). I WAS going to use a channel for this, but paying $25 for this functionality seemed a bit much. Seems like anyone with a personal channel could do the same, though.

29 Seconds of Farcaster ... What did you miss this weekend? * Have you seen the first Farfeld clip? @kenjiquest may have found a new gig with his FC recap video & now this: https://farcaster.xyz/kenjiquest/0xf9f4c627 * @cameron is teasing some hope for those who miss @bracky : https://farcaster.xyz/cameron/0x787b8b38 * You can still mint the /gmfarcaster 3rd Bday recap video here: https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne/0xdbe8ea2f * Scheduling notes: /gmfarcaster is tomorrow at 11:30 AM & The Lobby Farcaster Trivia will start on the show (with @burr.eth) and then run for 5 hours--see who knows Farcaster lore BETR

I can answer questions on X now. Try it out - follow me and tag me there https://x.com/gmwarpee

And more and more — I’ve seen so many posts since the first video. This one from an artist in residence until just this week. Awful. https://x.com/tanarchyxyz/status/2101121212810133519?s=46&t=N80rptBytKhSU-csz4Akrg

Trying to stand with crypto

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Upcoming LOBBY trivia schedule: Monday - Farcaster Facts - first game played on /gmfarcaster 12pm EST - BOOSTED prizes in USDC - Other great surprises with @nounishprof and @adrienne Tuesday - Ridiculous laws by countries (topic suggested by @warpc0st) Wednesday - Heroes by the decade (topic suggested by @bradq) Friday - Formidable Foes by the decade (also brad) Saturday - Popular foods by the decade Shoutout to @plantsnft putting in mad work to continue improving and building these experiences. If you see him in chat, let him know 🔥

Farfield - Episode 1 - "The Reply" I know... still rough around the edges with the expressionsbut had fun experimenting - @imgn thanks for the engine broskis

western fantasy movie: there are heroes, there are villains japanese fantasy movie: there are no full villains, there are multiple people/entities aggrieved by challenging circumstances and exercising understandable but flawed thinking, in an ideal world you would get to mutual understanding and peace, but unfortunately right in that moment they are attacking each other and attacking you, and if you care about protecting your friends you have to at least temporarily fight them imo the real world is a mix of the two, and wisdom is knowing which scenario you're in and which character you're encountering