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

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, entrepreneur. 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 🧦

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?

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

code @ spindl.xyz. Interested in technology, history, and music // farcaster.network

Revealed preference
- Zora
- Interface
- Daimo

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

No. Strictly for Warpcast. Think of warps as frequent flier miles or Roblox Robux.

Farcaster governance is here:
https://docs.farcaster.xyz/protocol/governance.html

As the Farcaster ecosystem grows, will iterate on governance. Nothing worse than premature governance overhead.

Do you see Warps being used for governance?

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?

Building Far Far Away 🧑‍🚀 | Bringing people closer through games 🎮 

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

Crypto & vintage mechanical keyboards
Business Development @ Nexus Mutual 

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)!

Who do you look up to in the crypto space?

mattwelter.com — making farcaster apps FarcasterUserStats.com

onchain and too much online, pixeling everything! Come join us in /pixelart
🌍 yougogirl.eth.limo

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

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

Potentially. We're big fans of ETHGlobal.

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

Do'er of things, sometimes artist | Support wizard @ /zora | Handler of @botto | Owner of a Farcaster tatoo

I'm fortunate to have had a great life and I spend minimal time thinking about the past. That said, losing family members always tough.

Blockchain & Development Nerd 🤓 build, develop and operate Farcaster solutions @ dtech.vision also love tech, decentralization, fitness and oldschool rap 😎

If had one of these I would probably be building it.

whats the most unconvential blockchain/crypto use case that you imagine will have PMF. (removing all design/limitations of the present)

@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 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?

I’m so far out of the game. One good filter is any company that has a product you love and has recently raised a Series A.

if you could recommend a few companies that a person early in their career should work at, what would they be

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?