merkle hiring like wild because they realize they may be a minority farcaster client by EOY, which means losing control over the farcaster protocol

kinda bullish - formidable client competition will push things forward

Building Larry, FOSS via @frames, @framesfun /open-frames to help decentralized social win. a16z CSX23. farcasterchannels.com farcaster.id

how does being a minority client equal ‚losing control‘ over the farcaster protocol?

asking for a friend

tranquilo // writer & chief of good vibes @blockstories

if you publish the majority of messages and have the majority of interesting/valuable users then you have the leverage to make other clients user experience worse + can always credibly fork the protocol and be the largest fork immediately