Founders

The only reason you should build a Warpcast-flavored farcaster client right now is if you have a large pre-existing and external community looking for a new home.

If 80% of your features overlap with things warpcast already does, you're gonna have a hard time. 

Strongest differentiators come down to
- Net new community
- Orthogonal features that have very low likelihood Warpcast will build them in

Warpcast isn't stealing your feature.

It's your job to understand Merkle/Warpcast's own product strategy and incentives, then build your product in a way that's symbiotic.

I manage a thriving art and AI community with over 250K members on Web 2. Despite my efforts to introduce the idea of transitioning to Web 3, my calls have been completely ignored. I’ve tried multiple times to explain the benefits, but the Web 2 audience shows no excitement. The community is very active, tight-knit, and wonderful in many ways, but they are resistant to any move.

𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓻 • building @buoy 🛟 • pfista.com

Nomad Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Building /farconic with my brother Yoni | yoniishappy.com | gilalter.com

I emphasized that moving to Web 3 could help develop a creator economy and offer new monetization opportunities like tips or NFTs. However, the barrier to entry seems too high. Setting up wallets is complex, and the $5 installation fee, combined with a lack of understanding, is off-putting. The user interface isn’t creator-friendly either; only two images can be uploaded at a time, and not in great quality. Creators often need to upload multiple images to show a series of works or consult the community. Additionally, the perception of Web 3 as being full of scams adds to their hesitation.

Do you have users who have expressed that they would try something if you could eliminate some of those barriers?