Network States

let's build clank.fun. prev: web3 founder, improbable, github, amazon. ntik.me

i have said for a couple years that i think there could be a reasonable pivot from, or addition to, the mission where the goal is not how big can we grow but how much can we do with who we already have -- focusing more on alignment, coordination, organization, and IRL building of something like an internet spawned town

I've held the belief steadily for the last 1.5 years or so that, while it is not the team's current objective, Farcaster happens to have the ingredients you'd want to see in a proto- network state, or in the nearer term, network union. Related, I expect the first network state may more likely be emergent than planned.

every few months i re-up my perspective on farcaster as a network state

it's remained largely unchanged for 2+ years, when back then Farcaster was much much smaller than it is today, but the same points remain true

every few months i re-up my perspective on farcaster as a network state

it's remained largely unchanged for 2+ years, when back then Farcaster was much much smaller than it is today, but the same points remain true

https://warpcast.com/jake/0x4e94dc66

I think you‘re absolutely onto something.

I personally believe not running frequent irl meetups anymore is a big loss for crypto - as it created Communities despite not having any products to show for back in 2017/18 etc.

Now, farcaster would be a Perfect product to combine onchain + irl communities (also small ones, bot every community needs to be 10k+) which would also make it stick out from all the other social medias that have become impersonal scrolling machines vs the humble beginnings of connecting real people, growing their interactivity & network.