Farcaster solves the fundamental problem with the Fediverse. It uses the blockchain for global, tamper-resistant state.

That was the issue that bedeviled Mastodon. Servers could fake everything, even user counts. They had no mechanism for decentralized consensus.

Farcaster solves the fundamental problem with the Fediverse. It uses the blockchain for global, tamper-resistant state.

That was the issue that bedeviled Mastodon. Servers could fake everything, even user counts. They had no mechanism for decentralized consensus.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1154461575656308737

Fully agree. 

Still puzzled why so many smart people refuse to see this “big hole” in fediverse trustworthiness 🤷‍♂️