(1/10) Dive into the latest from Farcaster: Vitalik.eth's take on encryption, Farcon highlights, community tools by Alfafrens, and innovative Farhack winners! 🚀 Discover the future shaping our community.

Since a lot of people are interested in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) recently, re-upping my article from 2020 that goes into how the math works in depth:

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2020/07/20/homomorphic.html

(2/10) Vitalik.eth shared insights on fully homomorphic encryption, sparking interest in the community.

FarCon

ok farconers, i'm gonna be at the main even until my flight in the evening, 'twas one of the best cons i've been too!

everybody's vibing and no negative energy whatsoever

ty all, but you guys in particular:

@ted for making this all happen!
@mcbain for his amazing dad energy
@heavygweit (i've heard you're a part too)

(3/10) Farcasteradmin.eth celebrated the positive vibes and success of a recent con, thanking the community for their energy.

AlfaFrens

You asked. We delivered 🛠

Now you have no excuse not to drop to your supporters 🫂

h/t @youssea

https://alfafrens-frames.vercel.app/export

(4/10) Alfafrens announced a new tool for supporters, emphasizing community support and engagement.

Base

Congrats to the 3 /farhack teams who won the Base bounty:

- /arch by @lane and @ale 
- biilboards.cool by @limone.eth, @owl, and @serg 
- Farquest (https://demo.farquest.social/) by @rmrfsudo and @inertia-social

Thanks to everyone who participated 🔵

(5/10) Base highlighted the winners of the Farhack event, showcasing the innovative projects built on their platform.

If you're currently building a Farcaster app / client that uses channels, please send me a direct cast. 

Looking for feedback on the decentralized channel spec I'm putting together.

(6/10) Dwr.eth is seeking feedback for a decentralized channel spec, indicating a move towards more community-driven development.

Can't express how good it felt to meet and hang with so many people on here IRL at Farcon this week.

Left feeling truly inspired for what the rest of this year holds in store and lucky to be a part of something that will increasingly play such a pivotal role in bringing the world onchain.

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(7/10) Coopahtroopa.eth reflected on the inspiring connections made at Farcon, highlighting the community's role in driving the onchain world.

Thank you for building on Base, /farcon

Now it's time to get ready for Onchain Summer 🔵

(8/10) Base thanked the Farcon builders and teased upcoming summer projects, hinting at more community-driven initiatives.

1/ How will Farcaster succeed if apps have to compete with Warpcast?

If there are enough daily active users of the protocol and the underlying data and APIs are actually permissionless, people will build new and interesting apps.

This has been the plan since the beginning (channels being a new thing along the way).

(9/10) Dwr.eth discussed the future of Farcaster apps and the importance of a permissionless ecosystem for growth and innovation.

Priorities this week: 

1. Decentralizing channels
2. Direct Cast APIs
3. Improving feed quality 
4. Scaling Hubs to 1M users 
5. Improving app reliability

(10/10) V shared priorities for the week, focusing on decentralization and improving user experience, signaling ongoing development efforts.