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UPDATE:

I've been meaning to write a post about this but I haven't given myself the time to do so. Therefore, I'll share it quickly in a cast.

Yesterday was my first day working full-time on /warpcast at Merkle Manufactory.

Farcaster is directionally how I want the decentralized web to evolve.

There is no better app and better team to work with to push the future of decentralized web forward. So I've decided to join them on this journey.

Looking forward to helping grow Farcaster and make Warpcast better for everyone!

Is decentralization a form of digital veganism?

"Excuse me, does your establishment serve credible exits and permissionless composibility?"

I don't necessarily think so but i suspect some see it as such.

Discovery is a meta problem.

In a world of open data, discoverability is the problem.

You know what's cooler than reinventing web search?

Reinventing the web.

“Software is an art form, as you'll remember: just as you wouldn't expect all great novels or paintings to come from people at established institutions, so you shouldn't expect all great software to come from them either.” 

from Read Write Own by @cdixon.eth 

I’d like to highlight every phrase in this book.

.@cdixon.eth referring to software dev as art and a creative endeavor resonates deeply with me.

I got into software specifically because it was a creative outlet that blended technology and design.

I debated between studying graphic design, physics or CS.

I chose software.

As I used to say, it's my art and craft

Crypto/web3. Author of Read Write Own

readwriteown.com

Build products and services that don't make sense for centralized parties to try and build because it doesn't fit their incentive models.

I guess that means B although we can go beyond Apps since that is a very centralized concept (each app is its own little box).

Governance is so hard, it can lead to inaction.

Use decentralized governance to provide strong guarantees and powers that rarely need to change or be exercised. While keeping areas that require velocity more centralized.

Get sybil resistance through aligned incentives and economics.

Consumer crypto won't win by improving UX, and polishing if we just recreate existing experiences.

It has to more native and provide richer capabilities not possible on other solutions or that don't match their business models.

Changing business model is harder than cloning functionality (e.g. stories).

The way I see it...

Writers, directors, actors, game designers and game developers shouldn't be afraid of AI, they should embrace it.

Who should be afraid? Big studios and production companies.

Today, you need big studios to fund AAA games and blockbuster movies.

Tomorrow, anyone will be able to make them.

What if this time we make it so everyone can control their own destiny?

Not join another company that could lay them off after extracting their life's work or build independently and then deal with extractive gate keepers

Own your work

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1762476202558738678?t=fiz7EaSwbVLUETVomg6kAw

Redditors fear the risks of their mostly benevolent dictator becoming even more extractive and controlling after the IPO.

This is why we need platforms that create more value than they take, that empower creators and gives them control.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/24/24081441/reddit-shares-redditor-ipo-user-risk

Composability at the UI level is waking up

Farcaster Frames
Lens Actions
Hey Portals

Yes, these type of embedded experiences were attempted in web2 but we have different rails now

The possibility are endless

Even Arc is thinking about website actions exposed to the browser UI

Users are already "investors" not in the traditional sense because they don't get the upside. Neither do builders or creators due to the ridiculous take rates.

In the new economy, all participants will be able to participate in the upside, by just using, creating and building in the platforms of the future.

Blur the lines between builders, creators and users.


Using is easy but we all have a creator and a builder in us.

Users are where the best content and network effects are.

Developers and creators are where the users are.

Import existing networks and creators with great content, give them a great reason to stay. Then bring in more developers and users. Iterate.

Much easier said than done.