An update on protocol priorities going into 2025. 

We think a lot of interesting things are going to be built onchain soon. Farcaster should be the programmable and credibly neutral social network that brings users, developers and blockchains together. 

But what does this mean tangibly?

1/ The Ethereum Foundation is thrilled to welcome Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stanczak as co-Executive Directors. This new leadership structure marks an exciting new chapter in the Foundation's evolution as we continue to support a growing Ethereum ecosystem.

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Ethereum R&D || Bulbasaur Research intern

Nethermind Starknet Twinstake Oiler Forta flashbots

Ukraine having to sign a peace deal will be bad for geopolitical stability

OK. Here's the issue. 

There is a strong argument that Ukraine is THE climactic battle of the Thucydides Trap.

That is: the big war between the US and China is actually between their proxies Ukraine and Russia.

And this settlement — to this war — determines the next world… https://t.co/O5lc4Gfxh7

Balaji

Ukraine having to sign a peace deal will be bad for geopolitical stability


https://x.com/balajis/status/1895566696091713558?s=46

Would you be interested in running a beta snapchain node? 

Please reply if you want to be in the beta

hub operators: i believe i have created the fastest hub data retriever out there, id love for it to be used by others

production ready code + full dev work in this repo: https://github.com/jc4p/fast-hub-client

Primary Addresses coming soon. 

Users can choose one of their wallets (warplet or another connected wallet) to be their primary wallet for the purpose of sending them stuff.

Will have easy to use APIs to query a user's Primary Address.

Primary Addresses coming soon. 

Users can choose one of their wallets (warplet or another connected wallet) to be their primary wallet for the purpose of sending them stuff.

Will have easy to use APIs to query a user's Primary Address.

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/141

Warpcast Rewards

Making a few tweaks mid week to prevent algo gaming: 

- Only top 100 casts count towards score. 
- Only X engagements from a user will count (exact number tbd)

Most users will see a moderate decrease to scores, accounts that were gaming the system should see a larger decrease

Smart Wallet Sub Accounts from @wilsoncusack 👀

Smart Wallet Sub Accounts from @wilsoncusack 👀 

https://blog.base.dev/subaccounts

Real question: How is this account with spam content and no engagement, currently #1 on the leaderboard? Why is Warpcast allowing people to game the rewards while so many genuine content creators are here?

looks suspiciously high, will investigate

Excited to be at ETH Denver.

DMs open if you're an onchain builder and want to chat about how @coinbasedev can support you. 

And looking for early testers for some exciting onchain payment rails we've been working on.

New payment rails from Coinbase Dev

Reach out to @nemild if you're interested

Bringing a millions devs onchain.

Product Lead, Coinbase Developer Platform https://cdp.coinbase.com

Prev lead of USDC. Crypto class of 2014

We squashed a bunch of your Warpcast Wallet bug. 

What else annoys you about the wallet? Going to fix more stuff this week.

SEC statement on Meme Coins 

https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/staff-statement-meme-coins

Working on a rewards program for Frame Builders

High level idea: 

1. Weekly USDC rewards to builders of most used frames 
2. Usage measured by transactions and opens
3. No action needed other than creating a frame and verifying domain

Should launch soon.

Base Colors

Base Colors 🤝  Warpcast Rewards Leaderboard

If you finished in the Top 100 on the Warpcast Rewards Leaderboard last week, you just received a 1/1 color as a reward. Straight to your Warplet.

Launch the Base Colors frame below to view your color and hit the pencil to give it a 1/1 name. https://frame.basecolors.com

More rewards for placing on the leaderboard!

appcon

Excited to announce that the first-ever /appcon will take place in Milan on April 7-13! An entire week dedicated to showcasing the top @ethereum apps and experiences to a non-crypto audience.

Our first partner is none other than /farcaster! Thousands of attendees will be onboarded here, introduced to the perks of decentralized social, and pointed to the coolest frames and apps.

Farcaster will also be the exclusive social network for Appcon—our official updates, content, and discussions will happen on the channel /appcon.

The entire Farcaster community is invited to participate, both online and offline. If you have suggestions for apps, are interested in hosting meetups during the event or getting involved, let me know below!

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If you enjoy using Farcaster, please take a minute to rate us on the App Store! 

Helps with onboarding new users

these two videos are different, but really the same

these two videos are different, but really the same

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCsluv5FXA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2egxQA4Hn8

morpho

tuesday:
- collect warpcast rewards
- deposit rewards into moonwell vault from warplet via morpho frame

monday:
- collect morpho yield

rinse. repeat. 

ty merkle. ty morpho.

this is cool. earn yield on your farcaster rewards

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

Varun Srinivasan

@v