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@alok how how u feeling about the next 2 weekends? tbh 3 considering Vandy beating Bama

Check out FlappyCaster mini app! I just scored 6 points!

Check out FlappyCaster mini app! I just scored 6 points! https://flappycaster.com/api/frame/share/score?score=6&usersPlayedCount=5195&t=1727204613843

Fun fact: In 2020, I had a meeting with Origin Protocol and told them I had good contact with Alok, a famous Brazilian DJ, well-known worldwide. 30 minutes before, I had a call with the Alok team saying I had good contact with Origin Protocol. Those were my early days in Web3. Four years later, I am still here.

Always makes me think about this very boomer joke

Should consumer crypto be skeuomorphic?

No - because it’s a historical anti pattern for other tech platform shifts

Yes - because the innovation occurs in the biz model / monetization / incentives

Wdyt?

the constraint of onchain games is so beautiful because you are forced to do more with less

https://x.com/jalil_eth/status/1829229786688041448

the constraint of onchain money is so beautiful because you are forced to do more with less money since it only goes down

Has anyone tried “Stake to Follow”? You have to stake to follow me. I have unilateral ability to slash you. If you’re worried you’ll be slashed, don’t follow me.

humans saw this and decided to build zkTLS

Alok once said if I was stuck on a desert island, the first thing I’d build is zkTLS.

He’s right about that

Alok once said if I was stuck on a desert island, the first thing I’d build is zkTLS.

He’s right about that

https://warpcast.com/avichalp/0x82c6884c

Idle thought: How will X's emphasis on a pure algo feed affect crypto?

Follower graph matters less compared to engagement signal. CT becomes more like TikTok crypto scene.

More micro echo chambers? Faster mimetic velocity but weaker durability?

Crypto mechanisms/incentives are new tools in the social engineer's toolkit -- but they are not enough alone

https://www.usv.com/writing/2008/09/why-the-flow-of-innovation-has-reversed/

Has anyone built a personal TG bot that they use regularly?

Jack Dorsey gave Farcaster a shoutout in his Tech and Freedom talk 

Listen

https://youtu.be/t-40158eRqo?si=gU1c788n7Sy7rceE

I struggle with his "2. reactive"

One of my deeply-held beliefs for consumer products is that you should brand around a positive, rather than a negative. I.e. here's why FC is fun/cool/valuable vs. use FC because of all that can go wrong elsewhere.

Shill me the best crypto blog post that came out in the last couple of months 🙏

(bonus points if the author is on Farcaster)

my kid saw the vimcal app on my phone (upside down) and asked me why i have a poop app. i can't unsee the upside down poop now