Kartik on Warpcast

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https://warpcast.com/~/channel/nook

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Decided today that we’re not going to be working on /nook anymore. It was originally meant for us to play around with and learn new tech and has served that purpose. We don’t really see a path forward in continuing to build the client, so we’re going to explore some non-Farcaster ideas instead. More soon!

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@ghostlinkz.eth

wowow, you seemed so excited not long ago. Is there something that you learned about that turned you off from building on top of Farcaster?

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Just not viable anytime soon. Had to be realistic before wasting more time. We also have had a few other ideas queued up

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@ghostlinkz.eth

Im assuming not viable anytime soon = too many spam accounts, not enough real users?

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A client has a one-way dependency on Merkle. The only growth option for a client is to acquire new users. Building in crypto is hard enough, no need for the dependency.

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by one-way you mean that you have to depend on merkle to onboard new users, or you’d rather want them to bring new users and focus on client development?

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@samuellhuber.eth

I feel that may only change once Direct casts go into protocol so any client doesn't churn users just because they check DMs

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Seems reasonable now you can build something else i heard that supercast too has a lot of issues because of merkle dependency...

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Had similar discoveries mousing around too! Hard enough for people to not be alarmed for anything crypto related let alone adding a whole layer to it all!

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@thegbemiga.eth

I’m curious what you mean by “one-way dependency on Merkle”

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Thanks for the reflection! Is it the hub dependency or accounts custodied by warpcast?

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