Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
As previously discussed, we're considering renaming the Warpcast app to Farcaster. Why? - Top priority is grow users on the protocol - The name split is extremely confusing for new users - So, we want to simplify How we're thinking about it - Rename Warpcast mobile app - warpcast.com to farcaster.xyz for web app - Open source both apps - No change protocol name, i.e. similar to Uniswap with app / protocol What we’re doing - Seeking input and want to make sure we understand concerns - Ultimately Varun and I will make a decision; it won’t be a vote. - Expect a decision in the next week or so; if yes, we will give plenty of notice and will take time to do this correctly / cleanly. How you can provide input - Developers: please reply here or feel free to reach out to me via direct message whether you agree or disagree. - Everyone else: you're free to offer input, but we will be weighting developer input a bit more since it has a bigger near-term impact on what they are building
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
/bracket strong agrees with one name. It meaningfully reduces friction when onboarding: "Bracket is an app on Farcaster - a crypto version of twitter. Here's an invite link!" vs. "Bracket is an app on the Farcaster - a crypto version of twitter. Here's an invite link. You'll notice the invite is actually for an app called Warpcast – that's the primary app, made by the creators of Farcaster. Bracket is an app within this app. When you get to Warpcast some people will call it Farcaster, some Warpcast, but don't worry about that. You can do either."
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Matt
@mattlee
I usually just say tortoise is an app on Warpcast
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
Yes, I think either name can work if one. I never know if they might have heard of farcaster. that's part of the problem - this name really has grabbed in public
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