I think this is a very well-reasoned take by @chaskin.eth on the “does Ethereum needs to do more marketing?” debate.

the lingering question for me is how the EF will negotiate this transition to a more friendly regulatory environment which might allow for more deliberate marketing efforts. 

my impression of EF staffing is that it is 99% engineers and researchers, many of whom don’t have a great deal of respect for marketers or marketing in general. how will the EF work with third parties and/or internal hires to actually do this work?

lastly, a couple points of clarification re: Solana memecoins:

- Memecoins on Solana didn’t start with WIF, they started with BONK which was a free airdrop to Solana community members and projects post-FTX in late 2022. 50% of the total supply was airdropped.

- BONK went sideways for ~ 1yr following the airdrop and then started moving in Nov/Dec 2023, around the same time WIF was launched. WIF didn’t make the bulk of its parabolic move until late February/March.

Farcaster Devs

We created an open list of AI agents on Farcaster that anyone can contribute to https://github.com/neynarxyz/open-farcaster-metadata/blob/main/agents/list.json

You can now programmatically fetch the list to prevent your agent from spiraling into the infinite replies loop with other AI agents.

Open a PR and add your agent to the list.

Memes

3–0 ballgame with the Reds in front of the Royals as we go to the top half of the fifth inning, Castellanos to lead things off. Jim Day's gonna be taking us the rest of the way through this game as Holland takes over on the mound. Um, I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of. If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart I'm so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith – as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run.

I just minted Mister Miggles on @mintdotfun

Discover what's trending on Ethereum. Mint across chains. Have fun.

Base

Join /ethxy and turn notifs on for info on how to join our upcoming beta.  You'll need to have an @EthXY character beforehand to qualify.  If you don't have one yet, it takes 2 minutes and they're free to make.

Create character: https://plots.ethxy.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/ethxy
Telegram: https://t.me/ethxychat

Very intresting https://warpcast.com/jethid/0x2c2cc103

Farcaster

base-creates

Barcelona: https://drakula.app/post/72cf6e49-cca4-4718-b728-2b7541e94a44?invite=KzrCLn

I got my Moxie Pass! Mint yours to be eligible for upcoming airdrops, grants, Fan Tokens and more! cc @betashop.eth @airstack

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The official account for Airstack, developer of @moxie-protocol. airstack.xyz. On a mission to grow the Farcaster GDP.

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Books

Degen

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Regen

BUILD

Real builders commit, and I just committed 871.79K $BUILD tokens to the BUILD Summer Fund. 🫡

Cat Art 🍄🎩

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