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I’ve been researching @farcaster so you don’t have to. Because let’s be honest, everyone’s talking about Farcaster, Frames, and weekly USDC rewards but we also have a minority group who’re yet to be convinced because they aren’t moved by hype. No one is addressing this minority group or talking about the actual problem Farcaster is solving. This piece is going to be long, but it’s worth it. I’ll be breaking down what @farcaster is and whether or not it has the potential or if we’re just hyping up another Web3 toy. 🧵

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So… What is Farcaster? Farcaster is not an app. It’s a decentralized social protocol. Think of it as the base layer that powers multiple apps. Apps like Warpcast, Supercast, Farcord, and more are built on top of Farcaster. These apps are just the front-end clients. But the real decentralization, the storage, the account system, the posting, liking, and all the data lives on @farcaster Everything you do on a Farcaster front-end client app gets recorded on-chain. This means: if one app bans or restricts you, your content is still safe. It exists on the protocol. You still have access through another app. Example: If you post on Warpcast, that same post will show up on Supercast. Why? Because they both pull data from the same decentralized protocol. And your Farcaster account is tied to your Ethereum wallet. Not a username. Not a phone number. Not an email. As long as you control your wallet, you control your Farcaster identity. Nobody can take that from you. That’s decentralization in action.

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What is Warpcast? @warpcast is just one of the front-end clients built on Farcaster. It’s kinda like X but with Web3 in mind. You can cast, reply, like, follow people. But unlike X, Warpcast is built on decentralized infrastructure (@farcaster ). So while Warpcast looks centralized on the surface (and yes, they can restrict your account), your content, identity, and interactions aren’t lost. If Warpcast ever restricts you, you just move to another client like Supercast or pull your data directly from the Farcaster protocol. You’re not locked out. Your content still lives on-chain.

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Let’s Talk Snapchain Snapchain is the social blockchain layer that powers Farcaster. Think of it as the Layer 2 built specifically for social media. It’s not like Ethereum or Solana. Those chains are built for financial transactions. Snapchain is built for content. Every cast, like, comment, etc it’s all stored as transactions on Snapchain. But here’s what’s different: Snapchain prunes old or negated data to stay scalable. Let’s say you like a post, then later unlike it. What happens? • Your “like” gets recorded as a transaction. • When you “unlike,” a new transaction is logged that negates the previous like. • Over time, Snapchain can prune that first transaction to save space. Same thing if you delete a cast. It doesn’t get erased, it gets negated with another transaction, and eventually pruned. This is what makes Snapchain practical for social use. No congested chains. Just clean, scalable data.

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