We're starting to think about a new sync model for Farcaster. 

The current system works but is unlikely to scale up another 10x. Here's our articulation of the problem we want to go after.

We also have a strongly held POV on some goals for the new system. 

If you find this interesting to work on, please reach out.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

And finally, if you're not familiar with Farcaster's sync model, read this first:

And finally, if you're not familiar with Farcaster's sync model, read this first: https://www.varunsrinivasan.com/2024/04/28/the-goldilocks-consensus-problem

suppose channels (&membership) are fully onchain, has narrowcasting reinforced/changed your mind around FIP-02 wrt hubs?

will there be sidechannels and some "knights of f/topic/new", or already too complex?

@lightcap.eth this would be a pirate free environment ;)

Glad to see (2) is a priority. I've been thinking for some time how I would build a real-time Dune and w.r.t. Farcaster data it seems like I have to basically build my own "read only" hub to keep things simple on the stats server and application side.