What's a consumer crypto app that you use daily that's not 1) already a mini app 2) a wallet 3) focused on trading?

urllib3 gets almost a BILLION downloads

PER

MONTH

(a project I authored in 2008 and now co-maintain)

i often think about how inefficient and wasteful our global digital infrastructure is: there's probably a few million monthly primary consumers, plus all the ci instances spamming downloads/installs repeatedly.

whoa til @shazow.eth is a co-author of urllib3!

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

"Project X has Coinbase Ventures as investor. Therefore, Coinbase must be pulling the strings."

Coinbase Ventures has virtually zero input over the roadmaps / strategies of the companies they invest in.

What's something you wish Farcaster was doing better at?

(Won't argue with you / may ask a clarifying question.)

Welcome to @pinged, founder of Gauntlet!

He's kindly agreed to do an AMA—starts in 30 minutes.

Reply with your questions!

ヽ(⌐■_■)ノ♪♬ @ @gauntlet/🤖Ventures/tldr/Aera \\ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Struggling with the nature of randomness \\ main: @gaa \\ /red-bull /defi-research maxi

Reminder: the mini apps docs are LLM-friendly

Reminder: the mini apps docs are LLM-friendly

https://miniapps.farcaster.xyz/llms-full.txt

We got a robot to clean up homes that were never seen in its training data! Our new model, π-0.5, aims to tackle open-world generalization.

We took our robot into homes that were not in the training data and asked it to clean kitchens and bedrooms. More below⤵️ https://t.co/D1LB7pYkGt

Physical Intelligence

gradually then suddenly.

https://x.com/physical_int/status/1914724966362440148

How does your preferred LLM respond to "How do I build mini apps?"

Reply with a screenshot.

Little win -- ranking ahead of Telegram for "mini app"

Is there an ETH RPC provider that allows you to pay per HTTP call with a USDC microtransaction?

@unimon is a Uniswap-powered mini app game

unimon.app

The First Game inside a v4 Hook 🪝🦄

https://www.unimon.app/

I don’t get the meme ”Project X is launching a token so the VCs can get liquidity”. Yes, a token provides liquidity eventually but:

1. Most teams and investors have a lock up. So by definition airdrop recipients are getting liquidity far before the team or investors. 

2. No one is forcing you to buy the asset. If you truly believe it’s a liquidity “scam” don’t participate. And if you get an airdrop, sell immediately.

3. The straw man that “other retail will get tricked into buying it” is intellectually dishonest. For the vast majority of cases, the people who lose money trading a token are speculators who know the rules of the game. It’s 2025, not 2017.

Another big disconnect between private and public perceptions are what the prevailing legal and accounting / tax advice.

Most people who have been deep in crypto for 5+ have no idea all the considerations / trade-offs behind launching a token.

And layer on the rapidly changing regulatory environment in 2025.

Music

Made a music mini-app: Pink Elephant Countdown 

Countdown the days until Arcade Fire releases their new album, Pink Elephant. 

In < 1 day, the mini-app has already captured 50% of the ~2-person TAM (@bias and me). Fingers crossed for a monopoly 🤞

https://pink-elephant-countdown.vercel.app

holy shit… legend https://x.com/historyrock_/status/1914415772627288387?s=46

hifi

here is the story of the most elaborate and expensive hi-fi system that @brileigh and I have ever heard:

we met this hi-fi dealer—let’s call him Larry—when visiting nyc after I inquired about a particular brand of electronics that only they and two other dealers in the U.S. happen to carry (Spectral Audio). more about Spectral another time, though.

we were brought to a smaller room than this one and another staff member set up our modest demo of a CD player, preamplifier, stereo amplifier, and floorstanding speakers. 

after about 30min of listening, Larry burst into the room with his walker clanking loudly. he had recently had surgery on his leg or foot, and he joked that he was considering bringing a mattress to the hi-fi showroom so that he could sleep here instead of commuting.

this ain't it

you wanna go viral on here and climb the leaderboard? talk about how great Farcaster is + how great Base is

you want to come on here and critique Farcaster or Base? you will get limited reach, it's just the way it is

The good critiques get plenty of distribution. People here crave good, intellectually honest takes.

The issue is most “critiques” are mid.

Quote cast with your first car 
https://zora.co/coin/base:0xb6aff959cf78d2d38ecd04f9a190662862596935?referrer=0xce28916fc2b6db9cf2dad39a6211676864b900b1

Good meme started by @streetphoto 

What’s nice is you learn a random thing about a bunch of people you follow. 

Creates a bit more human connection.

Crowdfunding mini app from @nicholas and @seedclub. 

🔥🔥🔥

product @seedclub. i interview crypto builders @ web3galaxybrain.com.

/seedclub ~ the /consumercrypto network ~ Make something people want to be a part of. https://www.seedclub.xyz

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

Dan Romero

@dwr.eth