Dan Romero on Warpcast

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Mini apps as top of funnel for your native app I sometimes get pushback from builders around building a mini app. “Why would I build on someone else’s platform? What happens if they rug me?” “I want the full functionality and UX of a native app. That’s important to the vibe of my app.” Fair points. But that assumes you have another viable distribution path. Why you should build a mini app 1. Mini apps are a small amount of work to extend your existing web app. So minimal platform specific risk. 2. They give you strong authentication, access to notifications and wallet balances in an app people already use. 3. They don’t get nerfed on Farcaster; in fact, it’s likely you can go viral with the right mechanics. 4. Soon: write once launch everywhere with Coinbase Wallet. If you convert users to weekly users in a mini app, you can upsell them to download your native app—and they will already have an account. This means they are more likely to retain.

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ZEEDAN🎩🐱👾

Anywayyyy https://warpcast.com/zeedan/0xbd3ce10a

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Is full functionality and UX of native apps something achievable eventually ?

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Listed some reasons here: https://x.com/productclank/status/1923342669700530292?t=YH3FAT75lEntUYxM4yKVBQ&s=19

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Igor Yuzovitskiy

const isMiniApp = await sdk.isInMiniApp() 👀

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D-wayñe 🎩🕴

Getting the mechanics right seems to be the hardest on this list

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yeah even if more like a companion app to your native one, it can be a great discovery funnel

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@jonathancolton

DISTRIBUTION for the people in the back.

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for BetSwirl building a mini app has been a great experience — helped us connect with thousands of users who were looking for our product in web3 but found it via @warpcast We also had the opportunity to connect with the DEGEN community and list their token for our casino games again thanks to Warpcast. On top of that, Warpcast is now the only social media where you can place sports⚽ , esports🎮 and casino🎲 bets fully onchain, no extra hustle. We can’t agree more — building on Farcaster was very beneficial and should be a no-brainer for any serious project bringing real value to a web3-native audience. Let’s keep pushing the boundary of what web3 can do. Let’s bring everyone onchain. Bet smart ! Bet on web3 😉 https://www.betswirl.com/

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Will the coin Base wallet really be integrated into Warpcast?

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Mini apps also offers the quickest path from idea to market—perfect for testing pmf with real users.

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IMO, I think Mini apps are like low-risk test drives for your native app, great way to build trust and audience before asking for the full commitment.

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On top of it, it's also a good way to build MVPs - or straightforward version of your idea

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@rostyslavbortman.eth

Farcaster with built in wallet is a great distribution channel. Building a mini app, release soon

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We used to have small interactions with our base dapp and more on polygon but since the mini app all activity is focused on base which is really cool actually https://warpcast.com/miniapps/n8SLH5CXltOd/freezerverse

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@koolkheart.eth

Tbh, viral potential alone should be enough reason. No point having full UX if nobody ever touches it… that will be wasted effort

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https://app.noice.so?castHash=0x28f0145c3e267eaf5f62de2d88e81af08d97225e

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