Artsiom

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No. And I'm also not a capitalist. Both are 20th century ideologies. (And they are words that have been stretched and abused to the point of meaninglessness: remember, in the 1990s, Microsoft called Linux "communist": https://www.theregister.com/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/ ) I support freedom, global equality of opportunity, kindness and cooperation, human welfare and progress. These are timeless principles. The question is how to use the tools we have available to achieve these values in the context of the 21st century. I've written at length about the kinds of mechanisms I personally support, but I definitely do not think that I am the only source of good ideas, I think figuring out the best approach is a shared project of both thinking and also increasingly real world experimentation.

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Just got FarPoints on @farquest, get your free daily spins before they expire on https://far.quest/school 🎩🎩🎩

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This is a solid demonstration of Railgun's privacy pools mechanism working in practice, allowing Railgun to avoid serving proceeds of crime without using any snooping / backdoors. How it works: * Anyone can deposit into Railgun. * After you deposit, there is a 1 hour period during which various algorithms detect whether or not the deposit likely came from what the algorithms consider to be criminal activity. * If your deposit passes the filter, then after 1 hour you can use ZKPs to withdraw privately (but ideally wait longer to get a good-enough anonymity set). * If your deposit fails the filter, then you can only withdraw back to your own address. There is no risk that your funds will get frozen/seized, you just can't benefit from the privacy pool. If you disagree with Railgun's filters, anyone is free to fork and make their own pool with their own rules, though if you can't get reasonably wide public support you're going to have a tiny anonymity set. https://x.com/officer_cia/status/1889642583971733983

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A few other points 1. We think choice is important. You don't have to use the wallet. We support other wallets like Rainbow and CBW via MWP. We may add other wallets in the future. 2. We want other crypto wallets to integrate Farcaster. Warpcast losing market share means other apps are offering a better UX / functionality. That's 100% a positive thing for the protocol.

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If you find yourself writing a bullet point list and passing it to GPT to make a "proper" article, it's often better to just give people the bullet points. The GPT adds "wordcel noise" that the reader has to struggle to extract useful info from more than it adds useful context. (As usual, any AI-related advice has a life expectancy of ~6 months)

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Thank you to everyone to has given their kind support over the last few weeks

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More rewards More people eligible for rewards Algo change https://warpcast.com/v/0x4cde4f7d

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Our priorities this week -- they remain the same 1. Better onchain UX in frames 2. Improved invite flow / cheaper sign ups 3. Snapchain 4. App performance / bug fixes

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You might be eligible for an airdrop 👀

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Markets gud, price mechanisms gud. Congestion pricing in NYC continues to be winning, just as it has been winning for years in Stockholm, Singapore and elsewhere. When demand > supply, there is always an auction. Either you pay with money, or you pay by waiting in line, with often grievous costs to mental health ( https://nytimes.com/2019/01/21/upshot/stuck-and-stressed-the-health-costs-of-traffic.html ) and to no one's benefit. Blockchain transaction fees are similar: in the dark ages we used to wait some random number of 5-60 minutes for a transaction to get included into a block, and made excuses about how this is a virtuous act of expressing "low time preference". Today, transactions reliably get included in 1-2 slots, and the more efficient fee market design in https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1559 is a major reason why. Tomorrow, transactions will be included even faster.

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How you can help grow Farcaster awareness (<1 min) We're planning to ramp up use of the Farcaster and Warpcast X / Twitter accounts. 1. Please follow Farcaster and Warpcast on Twitter https://x.com/farcaster_xyz https://x.com/warpcast_ 2. Turn on super follow; when the accounts tweet, please like / reply / retweet if you find compelling!

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Introducing Token Links Try it now: $degen, $tn100x, $higher, $moxie, $anon - Mention a token with a leading $, it turns into a link - Tap link to see top tokens by market cap and recent casts - Links to Dexscreener and copy contract address - Working in casts and profiles - Already on the protocol; just enriching text in casts Future ideas - Smarter algo for casts (expect a bit of spam this week) - Additional info and metrics for traders - Farcaster social graph signals - Customization for token creators - Tie-in with frames and onchain transactions Known issues - If token links aren't linkifying, update your app and restart 1-2x - Casts are slow to load; making that faster - Token links don't work in DCs or the composer yet - Sorting by market cap may result in non-FC native assets ahead of FC-native ones, e.g. $anon Reminder: you can mute all token links by adding $ to your mute words on Warpcast

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It's interesting how AI is changing the game on old concerns around legalese.

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Update to Warpcast Rewards for week of Jan 7 2025 - Rewards pool increased from $7,000 to $10,000 - New: add 1,500 points to your score by inviting someone to Farcaster - Minor algo change to reward people for casting a bit more - Tier 1-4 payouts increased - Tier 5 has an +100 eligible winners (Top 400 -> Top 500) Next cast for more info

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Really, all of cypherpunk / free software / ... is just trying to preserve boundaries that were unquestioned in the year 1900. * Your device serves you, not some gov or corp overlord * You can repair and modify your device to better serve you * Your private conversations are private * Your private money is private

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now the Rainbow x Gdupi icon has finished minting, has anybody collected all 12 icons? if you've got all 12 you're a true believer 🌈 and true believers are always rewarded ✨ 👀

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Apparently now we're getting Generation Beta? And then presumably in 2039 Generation Chad? This whole scheme is dumb, we should just refer to age cohorts by their decade of birth like in China.

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People who are interested in living in a long-term network state node (so, permanent location, not popup), what are some properties that you would like such a node to have?

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https://x.com/PratyushRT/status/1873428775171670435 Things like this are a big part of why I'm skeptical of just putting a single AI in charge of things (eg. DAOs, funding mechanisms), and favor an open market where many AIs can participate and humans judge AIs based on some sample of outcomes.

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A mini-contest for deep funding: https://x.com/TheDevanshMehta/status/1871827189148291265

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