GM Farcaster ep98, April 29, 2024

The FarCalm before FarCon

I wrote a bit about Farcasters consensus model, and the specific tradeoffs we had to navigate. Planning on sharing more broadly tomorrow, any feedback is appreciated! https://www.varunsrinivasan.com/2024/04/28/the-goldilocks-consensus-problem

If you're in Los Angeles for FarCon, don't forget to update your location! Edit Profile > Location It will send an in-app (not push) notification to all of your followers who are also in LA. Create some serendipity!

$NOGS one of the top 3 memecoins on FC in just a week. ⌐◨-◨ Interesting analysis by @ilemi from Dune if want to have a read. Our unconventional tipping dynamic onboarded a lot of new users into nounish communities. We’ll expand supported communities and add new uses cases by the end of the coming week! 🫡

🟣 Introducing Panel 1 🟣 📖 Topic 📖 How Decentralized Social Networks Empower Creators? 👩‍⚖️ Moderator: @nounishprof 🗣️ Speakers: @pichi, @aneri.base.eth, @colin, @phil, @macbudkowski Be sure to tune in to hear a range of perspectives & insights from our established speakers!

Introducing @nook on web - open to everyone ✨ https://nook.social/ After a week of work, we're ready to share the first version with a bunch of delightful features. Check it out and let us know what you think. Not supported right now: - Some mobile nook features - Transaction frames - Multi-step cast actions

cool frame — but really we’re all so early https://early-or-late.fly.dev/fid/4167

Just received my pinata hat from the transaction frame. Love it ❤️

Pinata is excited to announce we are sponsoring program v4 of Backdrops Build! Free to join 4 week async hackathon with the chance to win credits for Pinata and more; it’s not too late so join now! 🛠️

552 days and a 57 week streak — and the NFT feed is what got me (yeah that’s gone now lol but you can still see NFTs on profiles). And also the ⌐◨-◨ reaction. This is cool — thanks @tom-major 💜 Frame by @tom-major

We’ve implemented @ilemi Social Memecoins metrics on farcaster.in. It's highly experimental but quite promising for spotting trends / community health: - Social Score (also on rankings) - Weekly Casts (+ % change) - Active Casters

Big shoutout to /gmfarcaster for the @hypersub mole subscription! Your support keeps our community well-informed and engaged.

New on Warpcast: Frames now support Degen L3 transactions. Degen deployooors, start your engines! ✨ 🎩

New on Warpcast on mobile Improved cast sharing - More relevant suggestions for DCs - Search for people - Send DCs to multiple people - More compact layout

Add a splash of creativity to your $BOWS tips with our MemeMachine! 🎀 Discover how to ✨ effortlessly ✨ turn your images and GIFs into stylish tips with my quick tutorial below ⤵️

Excited for this and happy to be joining in to moderate one of the panels!

More alfa for you: we’ve been awarded a 1,000,000 $DEGEN grant to build with DEGEN! There’s 100,000 $DEGEN up for grabs to early signups to be yoinked direct to your AlfaFrens wallet for the AlfaFrens app launch. Connect your Farcaster at alfafrens.com, and recast to yoink the stream. https://yoink.alfafrens.com

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