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farcaster client <> crypto wallet thoughts

imo it’s quite unclear what crypto actions users want to do inside a fc client — but once there is a big use case (eg moxie or some transaction frame goes super viral) an embedded wallet inside a client would be a 10x crypto UX

fun fact: warpcast is also a wallet — but it only holds your fid and nothing else right now

When you get an account in Farcaster, you get a custody Wallet attached with it alongside it's seed phrase

When you get an account in Farcaster, you get a custody Wallet attached with it alongside it's seed phrase https://docs.farcaster.xyz/developers/guides/accounts/change-custody

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so in theory, you could use the custody wallet to perform any onchain actions within Warpcast, like interacting with Frames, which would be better than switching to Coinbase Wallet. But in practice, it doesn’t work that way. I guess it might be due to security concerns. 🤔

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yes on theory

in practice it’s a focus problem — no clear win to spend a lot of resources getting this right