fc-updates

Account Verifications (Beta) 

- Verify your X, phone and onchain addresses to improve reputation.  
- Accounts with better reputation are more likely to earn rewards. 
- Scoring is still in beta and will change as we roll this out. 

Go to Settings > Verifications on mobile.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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Are verifications private or on protocol? 

- Verified addresses are public and published to the protocol 
- X account is public and published to the protocol. 
- Phone numbers are private for now.

We may publish a phone attestation in the future (e.g. warpcast verified that bob has a unique phone) without disclosing any details about the number itself.

Are you adding more verifications? 

Yes, currently exploring Github, Linkedin and other socials.

My phone number verification isn't working! 

We are using Twilio, which has protections against many SMS attacks like pumping (https://www.twilio.com/docs/glossary/what-is-sms-pumping-fraud) 

This may cause some carriers to not be allowed to verify numbers. We'll work with them on resolving these issues, but it may take time and we don't have a great solution yet.

Twilio need some specific information so they can investigate the issue.