Haven't done one of these in a while—AMA!

What are your favorite emerging consumer crypto apps besides the obvious ones (farcaster, zora, mint.fun)

Revealed preference
- Zora
- Interface
- Daimo

Other stuff I find interesting
- Nouns
- Basepaint
- Farcaster app experiments

1. Build credibly neutral decentralized protocol
2. Grow protocol with a great app
3. Monetize the app

Netscape model (with the difference being that the web was pre-existing)

Dad, geek, conversation liquidity provider. vrypan.net (home), /weatherxm (work), @l--o--l (fun). Also https://paragraph.xyz/@purplesubmarine

1. Build credibly neutral decentralized protocol
2. Grow protocol with a great app
3. Monetize the app

Netscape model (with the difference being that the web was pre-existing)

https://danromero.org/product-led-protocols.html

What’s the business case you presented to VCs to get funding for Farcaster?

Staff Eng at Iron Fish 🐟 • Building BlockSocks 🧦 • Denver, CO 📍

We still haven't figured out what we are selling and who we are selling to, but we keep growing DAU bit by bit.

I would has assumed we would have "cracked" it by now (or no one would be using it). Unconventional for a social network.

What’s surprised you the most with how Farcaster has evolved?

Building @onit to be the home of multiplayer crypto  | @variant VFF '23 | writing: https://mirror.xyz/jamesmccomish.eth

Original working name was RSS+ and then @ protocol (not even kidding!).

@v came up with the name. I liked that it had sci-fi + broadcast.

What were the closest competitors for the name of the protocol before Farcaster was decided upon? 

Was the extent of far-x / y-cast naming of clients a factor in the name or happy accident?

Builder, Interested in how AI can simplify and make Web3 more accessible. 

Built FarFarAway, LensBird & LensJump, games on Farcaster & Lens.

Startups are a hard emotional journey, what’s your stack or protocol to keep level and energetic? Especially during headwinds

Who do you look up to in the crypto space?

Had been thinking about it for a while. 

Post-Coinbase, wanted to work on something that would take a decade to achieve. Not interested in a "quick flip" $ bet.

Risk @Stripe prev: wallets @bitski, search @airbnb | https://www.castsense.xyz/ 

Had been thinking about it for a while. 

Post-Coinbase, wanted to work on something that would take a decade to achieve. Not interested in a "quick flip" $ bet.

https://danromero.org/rss-plus.html

where did you get the passion for building a credibly neutral decentralized protocol? any key moments that led you to this path

Head of Business Development @nexusmutual

If you haven't read the original Foundation trilogiy.

Something similar to Delta-v -- Seveneves

The only non-fiction book I've read in the last few years is Children of Time

Another sci-fi book rec! I loved Delta-V (and sequel book)!

Potentially. We're big fans of ETHGlobal.

Do you ever see Farcaster investing in sponsoring some ETHGlobal events?

Back in the founder. Don't overthink it.

That said, have significantly limited new investments recently because of lack of time.

Back in the founder. Don't overthink it.

That said, have significantly limited new investments recently because of lack of time.

https://danromero.org/time/

What’s your decision making framework for angel investment?

What’s a contrarian opinion you have on social media?

I like OP Stack -- so OP Mainnet, Base, Zora

Do you have a favorite L2? If yes, which one and why

“the art guy”™ working on lisafoundation.com, ex R/GA. notes on art and design. screenshots of things i've learned. all misspells are my own.

https://warpcast.notion.site/Warps-ea98989b8a944a679c5b9e076e07efcd?pvs=4

Seen people getting warps based on weekly activity, but haven’t got any myself. Wrong?

@v and I make it up as we go along. Optimize for more frequent / high speed of execution vs. high production.

How are you making product marketing decisions? (e.g., naming warps, using casts to deliver updates, hosting public dev calls to speak with builders etc.).

The platform for onchain podcasts. Publish, discover, own. pods.media

Nothing more than other communities I've been a part of. Plenty of disagreement here.

If anything the biggest blind spot might be that there are a lot more people out there similar to those already active here. Still trying to determine that.

do you think we, the farcaster community have noticeable blind spots/biases?

Blockchain is next Big Thing and I'm going to be one of the earliest Witness💟

My Query is related to something I just noticed on Warpcast.

I just tried to update my referee which was ofcourse you. But then i got an error and couldn't update it? Did Warpcast make any change recently?

Pragmatism (Security) at OP Labs.
Prev: ConsenSys & Coinbase.

Attribs: Friendly, curious, introverted, mid-witted.
Chans: /eth-security /maurelian /stoicism


