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It would help grow the app, but it would also detract from the ease on onboarding to Base that this app provides compared to trying to gather information elsewhere (say, X, where info on all ecosystems is all thrown together and must be parsed by the algo).

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Farcaster doesn't explicitly onboard you to any blockchain, although the accounts are created on Optimism. The mini apps support like 6-7 EVM L2s. Nothing about FC is inherently Base-aligned from a technical perspective. That's purely a narrative/cultural thing. And it will change, IMO.