Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
In the next few months, the Farcaster protocol will have the most meaningful increase in DAU decentralization since we started. Base will be adding a Farcaster-powered feed to Coinbase Wallet—an app that has millions of existing users and wallets with balances. They will have a paths for both existing users and new users to onboard to Farcaster, i.e. creating FIDs. That's a meaningful, tangible step toward increasing decentralization on the protocol. So if you're claiming that we're making changes to limit client competition, you are, in fact, factually incorrect (both in what we are working on at the protocol level as well the likely outcome after CB's launch).
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Our original thesis was incorrect: a decentralized permissionless protocol would allow other clients to grow users for the protocol. This evolved into product-led protocol development (see blog post). And even that has fallen short on the most important thing developers want: daily active users and user growth. Updated version of this philosophy: 1. Make the underlying data and APIs as open as possible 2. Ensure that accounts / identities are portable and sovereign 3. Build an opinionated, high-quality client that is relentlessly focused on user growth. There will be reasonable criticism early on "how can I trust you won't stop building the protocol", but time and consistent shipping on protocol promises will earn trust (and assuming 1 and 2 actually work). 4. At some sufficient scale—not sooner than 10M+ DAU at the protocol—work on further decentralizing the protocol / hardening it from capture. And because you have a big client, you can do that. https://danromero.org/product-led-protocols.html
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Jacek.degen.eth 🎩
@jacek
Totally agree—devs want DAUs, and that’s why v2 frames are so powerful. They let you test ideas fast, get instant exposure, and when you’re ready to scale, you turn it into a full app—which naturally becomes a Farcaster client. That’s where DEGEN is now. The brand has grown beyond just Warpcast, so building a client makes sense. The best clients will come from people or projects that already have reach—because they can bring in net new users to the protocol. If you’re just experimenting, launching with a frame is perfect since you tap into Warpcast (and soon Coinbase Wallet) users right away.
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EdisonChen不是陈冠希
@edisonchen
Degen is about to launch a client?
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