Yesterday there were 547 unique mini apps that had active users.

In the last week: 1,090

In the last month: 2,044

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"The US is losing reserve currency status!"

The losing:

Another gpt-image feedback loop: "Generate the same photo 5 seconds into the future."

Starting with distracted boyfriend meme. https://t.co/xT1lOfibKy

Gene Kogan

wtf

https://x.com/genekogan/status/1916167820276371666

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

Lol, this is a skewed view of things. I'll provide more context.

"this is a skewed view of things"

"instead please look at my % y-axis chart attempting to magnify a decline over 10 years from 65% to 58%"

fc-updates

As previously discussed, we're considering renaming the Warpcast app to Farcaster.

Why?
- Top priority is grow users on the protocol
- The name split is extremely confusing for new users
- So, we want to simplify

How we're thinking about it
- Rename Warpcast mobile app
- warpcast.com to farcaster.xyz for web app
- Open source both apps
- No change protocol name, i.e. similar to Uniswap with app / protocol

What we’re doing
- Seeking input and want to make sure we understand concerns 
- Ultimately Varun and I will make a decision; it won’t be a vote.
- Expect a decision in the next week or so; if yes, we will give plenty of notice and will take time to do this correctly / cleanly.

How you can provide input
- Developers: please reply here or feel free to reach out to me via direct message whether you agree or disagree.
- Everyone else: you're free to offer input, but we will be weighting developer input a bit more since it has a bigger near-term impact on what they are building

We're planning to move forward with rebranding the Warpcast mobile and web app to Farcaster.

1. Nothing is changing any time soon. We will take our time with this and have plenty of communication about it across multiple channels. The earliest the change will happen is mid-May, but a decent chance it happens in June.

2. We're going to work on a plan over the next 2 weeks and should have a plan by the next developer call on May 8, 2025. We will discuss on the call.

3. For developers: we're planning to open source the client monorepo— i.e. the mobile and web apps. Again, no timeline on this yet.

Farcaster Devs

What's on your wishlist for mini apps?

Assume the following is shipping soon:

1. Warpcast wallet on web
2. Auth addresses, i.e. no more "Open your phone to sign in" prompts for mini apps on web
3. Growing the number of active users with funded wallets on the protocol

What else do you want?

Farcaster

"We need smarter regulation, not less!"

The so-called "smart" regulation:

Ever wonder why sedans disappeared and every car is huge now? 

"Thanks, Obama!"

His administration changed fuel economy standards in a way that had the perverse impact of making cars even bigger. 

Here are all the vehicles for sale by the 3 largest US automakers. 62 vehicles, https://t.co/ZIHCM5rORs

Sheel Mohnot

"We need smarter regulation, not less!"

The so-called "smart" regulation:
https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1916120249176358950

Introducing new Mini App URLs

Previously when copying the link to a mini app, they would look something like this:

/~/min-apps/launch?domain=framedl.xyz

Now they will look like this:

/miniapps/8IsRgNO4ssVz/framedl

The new structure will make the URLs more readably and SEO friendly. By using an ID it also allows for rebranding without breaking links.

We also added a way to copy your mini app's link from the developer tools.

The /~/mini-apps/launch and /~/frames/launch URLs still work.

Small but important improvement for mini apps: URLs

Similar to the App Store, you now have a clean link with a UUID that you can share.

The URLs will automatically launch the mini app if a user has the mobile app installed or are logged into web.

Next up is improving the unauthenticated experience for both mobile and web to help make it easy to get people to sign up and start using the mini app as quickly as possible.

Maps 🗺️

aesthetic

Anyone using this? https://repoprompt.com/

Please reply with a link to your Farcaster profile if you're going to FarCon!

Any boost is appreciated!

FarCon check in

Reply with a link to your FC profile. https://t.co/mhmSKzwUUv

farcaster.eth

Please reply with a link to your Farcaster profile if you're going to FarCon!

Any boost is appreciated!

https://x.com/farcaster_xyz/status/1915788060454957106

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Patrick Collison

Bullish.

https://x.com/patrickc/status/1915788819636584958

alright i think i figured out why the initial bot got banned. had to do with automating the feed. should be resolved now. 

- message '/start' to t.me/JestCastBot 
- from there you'll be able to sign in with farcaster
- once you're logged in, you can call '/feed' to see the latest 10 posts from your for you feed. reply, like, recast from there. 
- call '/replies' to see if anyone has recently replied to your casts
- '/cast [cast text]' to cast
- '/cast [cast channel id] [cast text]' to cast to a channel

probably some bugs as i spun this up in an evening, but let's break it together 😄

The BBC uses robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps  to film wildlife up close, blending into any terrain... https://t.co/Is6Pph99jo

The Best

@king-coded

https://x.com/Thebestfigen/status/1915525909903298869

Discussions about Farcaster on Farcaster (meta!)

Goat

@banhmibo