Farcaster

as farcaster true believers, we must go on a pilgrimage to singapore to fully understand the metaphor

Your attention has value beyond metrics.

The real opportunity isn't in growing numbers.

It's in growing connections that compound.

Every community needs three things:
A shared language
A shared purpose
A way to capture the value they create together

Repetition is persuasive

Most people don't hammer home their core message nearly enough

Dead internet theory is based on outdated thinking

The internet is more alive than ever

Stay Curious // iixii // Lazer Technologies // Prev: CoinDesk, Roc Nation // based

Token launchpads need success stories.  They need a community, a user base, and most importantly they need to offer distribution to potential creators/founders who want to launch tokens.

Across all the launchpads on Base today, I think @clanker has the best distribution due to its community and a growing number of interfaces to interact with clanker.  

We'll see more innovation on launchpads catered towards "real" projects and products who may want to hold back 10% of the supply for the team.  Uni v4 will continue to get better integrated across various interfaces like dexscreener and other onchain tooling.

There's other token launchpads I'm excited about in addition to Clanker but the token launchpad game on Base is certainly Clanker's to lose

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"We'll see more innovation on launchpads catered towards "real" projects and products who may want to hold back 10% of the supply for the team.  Uni v4 will continue to get better integrated across various interfaces like dexscreener and other onchain tooling."

Congressman Mike Collins buys "Ski Mask Dog" shitcoin

"Sir, it's a dog and it's wearing a ski mask"

politics

“The United States no longer needs any champagne imports as there is nothing worth celebrating”

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-threatens-france-eu-wine-champagne-alcohol-tariffs-2044099

When is orange man gonna realize that throwing tariffs around willy nilly isn't a good thing

in general crypto people would be better off if they assumed they are in entertainment industry, not in tech or finance

The 6 steps to becoming an elite angel investor:

1. Lay the foundations – Study startups, build a "fantasy" VC portfolio
2. Know your motivations – Status? Learning? Track record?
3. Make a plan – Structure your approach
4. Start sourcing – Leverage your unique network
5. Play to your strengths – Move fast, add real value
6. Build a tribe – When and how to collaborate

Full guide (17,500 words) with insights from investors in Canva, Oura, and Reddit:

https://thegeneralist.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-top-1-angel

Good list if you’re looking to become an angel

Shower Thoughts

it’s a hard life for those who hate themselves

You spend more time with yourself than anyone else

Might as well love yourself and make that time enjoyable!

untz untz

Now playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_r8L8Mm0I0

Excited to see Bart Skils rip an extended set this wknd!

Tix are ~$25 and still available if anyone wants to join @laurenmessner and me Saturday night

Ex-VC. I like making bread (literally and figuratively) 

Excited to see Bart Skils rip an extended set this wknd!

Tix are ~$25 and still available if anyone wants to join @laurenmessner and me Saturday night

https://exchangela.com/event/bart-skils-techno-dj-music-concert-show-tonight-tomorrow-2025-march-15-best-night-club-near-me-los-angeles/

im tryna become Aligned with the Spirit of the Universe.

Attention is currency.

But most creators spend it like loose change.

The real value isn't in views - it's in relationships that compound.

Every interaction is a seed that can grow into something greater.

The question is: are you planting gardens or just throwing seeds?

Are you planting gardens or just throwing seeds?

merv

ok let's rock, this is as early as it gets (ama in the comments)

i'm working on /merv, a frame-first farcaster client for power users; the goal is for it to be the primary way of consuming farcaster, but no auth or anything required: launch warpcast, then launch /merv right away as a frame

- multiaccount-first
- scheduled casts
- anoncasting
- no downtime
- keyword search/subs
- meaningful notifs
- coin/nft alpha
- anything else a power user might want

you guys know i can build stuff, and this is no different

expand-bags-to-use model requiring users to purchase more $merv every month to keep using /merv, first 2 months worth of $merv airdropped to top-10k farcaster users

mint on basescan (can't go earlier than this): bit.ly/merv-contract (memecoinomics in the first comment)

quote-cast this cast to receive 10 $merv from me for free

He's back and better than ever

Can't wait to try out /merv

aichannel

How the creator of Django uses LLMs to code

How the creator of Django uses LLMs to code

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/

Zach

@zd