balajis
@balajis.eth
First ENS-native social network! Congrats to @dwr.eth @v and @nick.eth for ENS itself. Thoughts: 1) Adding ENS registration & profile editing may be a good next step. 2) If Farcaster becomes default ENS — if one can *assume* everyone on the network has an ENS name — much functionality gets unlocked.
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balajis
@balajis.eth
An ENS name has the potential to combine email, encrypted messaging, payments, digital signatures, personal website, secure file hosting, onchain resume, and more besides — subsuming everything from PayPal to WhatsApp to Docusign to LinkedIn in a single package. That hasn’t yet been exposed in one app, but…
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balajis
@balajis.eth
From three years ago. Starting to get there with all the NFTs in individual wallets. https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1294469665171714050?s=20
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balajis
@balajis.eth
A network built around ENS names could enable some amazing things, maybe even some tricks around secure multiparty computation. Domain names > real names. https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1338561434037338112?s=20
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balajis
@balajis.eth
In other words, is W the new X?!? 🤪🙂 https://warpcast.com/balajis.eth/0x3360e9
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balajis
@balajis.eth
There is so much infrastructure that had to be built to get here. Bitcoin Ethereum Coinbase (to get ETH) ENS Coinbase Wallet (to hold ENS) Farcaster And now, finally, we are on the cusp of a fully programmable social network where every user owns their account, can get paid directly, and can encrypt their messages.
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Bayram
@bayka.eth
Btw what do you think about nostr’s zaps feature for Farcaster? Do you think it will diminish the social weight of likes or, conversely, act as Hayek’s universal market indicator?
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