Cryptso’s Casts | Feb 2024, Frames Mania
David Tso
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Bring Your Friends Onchain
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Bring your friends onchain An easy way is to create and mint a @custompunks on @base https://i.imgur.com/Css7l84.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cah4stp.jpg
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Bring your friends onchain pt. 2 Send a red envelope to your friends and family with @coinbasewallet https://i.imgur.com/2i7EpNA.jpg
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Bring your friends onchain pt. 3 Onboarded my friend @objet via @coinbasewallet and we minted his first NFT on @base and created his first NFT on @zora in <15 mins Fired up because he’s worked with brands like Tiffany, Dover Street Market, RODEN GRAY, Paracia, and RUNNING ORDER, and is now exploring onchain fashion https://i.imgur.com/t6W17PG.jpg
ETHDenver Highlights
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At the airport to @ethdenver and saw this on the floor It's ridiculous we still have pennies: - $1.2M worth go missing every year - Costs 3x the value to make one - 167 years since its last update Thankfully, stablecoins can move the penny forward – it's time to update the system #MakeItMakeCents #UpdateTheSystem https://i.imgur.com/YTnAgEt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OcZtuwI.jpg
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Join the @movement ⚡️ https://i.imgur.com/TwUuBjx.jpg
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“The future is web3.” – AWS @emilebaizel https://i.imgur.com/5Sy3Mgs.jpg https://i.imgur.com/z37UxPW.jpg
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We’re building a global onchain economy that increases innovation, creativity, and freedom 🌎🌐🔵 Get onchain now @base @jessepollak https://i.imgur.com/U8Ql0s7.jpg
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Shadowy super coders unite!! @base @consecution.eth https://i.imgur.com/5xA4gUV.jpg
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Always a pleasure seeing my good friend and mentor 🤝 One of the best in the business @coinbase @aok https://i.imgur.com/HIVtdHF.jpg
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Got some alpha from the man himself: The cat is cute /mochi /mochimons @nakamochi @yuga https://i.imgur.com/rJ2PocW.jpg
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Had to holla at the Chief Frog Officer 🐸 Reporting for duty /frog /linea @linea @emilylin https://i.imgur.com/MNYi4yq.jpg
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Build open source Reward open source Maintain open source Do it on @teaprotocol @mxcl https://i.imgur.com/kJHVjuv.jpg
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The next wave of onchain apps that /covalent /eigenlayer @availproject /celestia will kick off is going to be epic The builder and tools are ready @gane5h @sreeramkannan @danmills @mheinrich https://i.imgur.com/PJpqkDG.jpg
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Sun’s out, builders out 👷♂️ Thanks for organizing @nickprince.eth https://i.imgur.com/AOPxSQH.jpg
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We <3 the creator IP rights @crowdmuse @mmazco https://i.imgur.com/c0IonZU.jpg
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Onchain and onframe 🔲 @percs @chinmay.eth @breno-s https://i.imgur.com/RZl9wA6.jpg
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Unreal builder energy and talent at the @farcaster meetup last night @base(d) frame of mind https://i.imgur.com/MVkiBYz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vq1ipHm.jpg
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Fired up to keep building onchain @binji.eth @keikumata @jshaked https://i.imgur.com/kssGnHr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PH2He39.jpg
Casts of the Month
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https://i.imgur.com/QjMr8En.jpg https://warpcast.com/v/0x5236071b
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What a fun time to be on @farcaster!! Frames dramatically expand the design space/idea maze for consumer apps by offering the ability to build fully interactive mini-apps embedded within casts – it’s like if you were able to embed mini-apps into Tweets @dwr.eth, @v, and the team ships 🚢 https://warpcast.com/v/0xfac3fb0e
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The reason why I got into crypto was reading @cdixon.eth’s blog posts on where the internet has been and where it’s going I’m grateful to have learnt so much from Chris’ writing in the past and I’m excited to dive into his new book Read Write Own 🟧 https://i.imgur.com/gVDPI1o.jpg https://twitter.com/davidtsocy/status/1547408426250055680
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AI and Blockchain are symbiotic technologies https://i.imgur.com/COFzYTi.png https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/01/30/cryptoai.html
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@alchemyplatform’s 2023 Web3 Development Report https://www.alchemy.com/blog/web3-developer-report-2023
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Why decentralized social media? This is why /farcaster’s main client @warpcast went down earlier today, but users were able to use another client built permissionlessly on top of @farcaster called @supercast to access the same content and interact with others https://i.imgur.com/GawUgec.png https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1753491485033656819
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Everyone is welcome to apply to the Cornell Blockchain Accelerator, including non-students and those non-Cornell affiliated Our accelerator alumni have gotten into @a16zcrypto, @alliance, and have raised >$1.5M Secure your spot in the spring 2024 cohort – applications are now open: cornellblockchain.org/accelerator https://i.imgur.com/cEYVshd.jpg
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Not sure whether @dwr.eth or @jessepollak sleeps – non-stop shipping, helping builders, and replying to DMs Inspirational and good examples for all of us Thank you gentlemen for your service to the industry 🫡
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Up until recently, the NFT playbook was to start a Discord But now, it is to start a @farcaster channel, utilize Frames, and create token-gated group chats Farcaster is quickly becoming the best platform to build communities through NFTs with https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x92031b5a
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If our industry can get as collectively excited and engaged with consumer crypto as we do with the 100th L1, we will transform the internet forever We just need to realign incentives around rewarding great consumer crypto founders and products – @farcaster does just that :)
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@farcaster frames = the future for all digital commerce: - Native payments in-app - Universal account with your wallet - Commercial use cases for ENS names - Checkout right from your social media feed - You don’t go to the store, the store comes to you The future of commerce is onframe 🖼️ https://warpcast.com/percs/0xd3cbdfd6
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So far, @farcaster is the best example of how a blockchain app’s UX should be – not being constantly reminded that you are performing onchain actions This is how you take consumer crypto mainstream
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Collectibles → Content https://warpcast.com/jacob/0x099f903e
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When devs ask me where they should build their consumer crypto app, I always recommend @base - Distribution - Organic users - Onchain culture - Builder community - Core team support - Collabs and synergy - Quality infrastructure - Powers 2/3 Frames on FC - Center of onchain economy - Tech (4844, AA, on/offramps) 🔵
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The best way to learn in crypto/web3 is to use onchain products
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Onchain tools like /farcaster, /zora, /highlight, /paragraph, /mirror, etc., are the new GTM in crypto
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Timely deep dive into DePIN Definitely worth a read! https://mirror.xyz/sevenxventures.eth/Hx4AScWLZf4HrCl1IoumFTq1L20e3SzF-9XEkgWmrG4
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Great in-depth analysis of the crypto and AI space Perhaps the best intersectional research piece I’ve read so far https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/understanding-intersection-crypto-ai/
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Protocol rewards on /zora hand creators a sustainable business model on a silver platter https://support.zora.co/en/articles/8192123-understanding-protocol-rewards-on-zora
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Referral rewards in consumer crypto are magical 🪄 Simple, composable, and attributable Bullish on /zora, /soundxyz, and /paragraph
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The combination of /base, /zora, /farcaster, and /readwriteown has reignited many people’s optimism about crypto Great products, people, and energy in the space right now Time to make the internet open and permissionless again
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There will be more and more apps like /farcaster that make one-click onchain ownership easy This is why smart wallets with seamless UX are the next big play in consumer crypto
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Increasingly convinced that /zora will be the preferred chain for luxury brands and fashion houses that want to enter the crypto space and experiment with digital assets
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I think /base and /farcaster have created a crypto GTM that “just works” and a genuine community of consumer crypto builders We’re still early, but the green shoots are very positive and onchain native communities are starting to build their own gravity
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It’s not hard to imagine /zora launching a Progressive Web App (PWA) on mobile integrated with /privy for easy onboarding You’d have an engaging feed of content that users can scroll through, browse, and consume like Instagram But you’d be able to create and mint instantaneously – feels like a big opportunity
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PWA + @privy absolutely crushes for consumer crypto apps
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“If consumer crypto works, it’ll just be called consumer.” – @li
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The innovation and values of crypto start at the lowest layer of the stack (protocols, infra, finance, etc.) and then move upwards as it matures (consumer, social, creator economy, etc.) When I joined crypto full-time two years ago we were still building the lowest layer of the stack, now we are finally moving upwards
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Learnings from @farcaster: - Build mobile-first - Make onboarding easy - Open platforms are powerful - Composability creates magic - Abstract away the blockchain - Enable what’s not possible via web2 - Minimize clicks to do things onchain - Manifest @cdixon.eth’s Read Write Own
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My simple definition of consumer crypto: Usable products for everyday people that are frictionlessly enabled by the blockchain
Consumer Apps / Frames I Liked
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https://i.imgur.com/esINvx2.jpg https://warpcast.com/cassie/0xc329ea28
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A moment in history Frames is game-changing https://warpcast.com/jacopo.eth/0x97f2c919
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@converseapp the universal web3 messaging app, built with @xmtp https://converse.xyz/
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A community-built, decentralized, and permissionless social media app, built on Lens Protocol https://hey.xyz/
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Onchain charity platform @endaoment on @base has facilitated millions of dollars in donations through crypto rails Another great example of traditional services like nonprofits benefitting from blockchains Check out their 2023 Impact Report 👇 https://i.imgur.com/5m2KN1b.jpg https://twitter.com/endaomentdotorg/status/1753480098693746878
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Pawthereum has given back hundreds of thousands to animal shelters and helps animals in need 🐾 The best part is that PawSwap has native interoperability and composability with @endaoment for even more giving, all built on @base https://i.imgur.com/mcmioHR.jpg https://twitter.com/pawthereum/status/1748425724606722550
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Love how ridiculously simple and smooth this is 1. Send $USDC to offramps.eth 2. Receive USD in your bank account 3. That’s it 🤯 Better on and offramps are key for stablecoin mass adoption https://i.imgur.com/jbDiJ37.jpg https://twitter.com/utopialabs_/status/1755018529504694699
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Another dead-simple, elegant, and crypto-native way to offramp $USDC to your bank account The on and offramp experience gets better with every great product release like @beam-eco’s We are getting there 💪 https://i.imgur.com/1KpzYgt.png https://twitter.com/beam_eco/status/1755372555798552863
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Commerce is coming onchain fast - Wallet abstraction @coinbasewallet - One-click checkout @slice - Pay in $USDC @circle - No gas fees @base You can’t fully grasp it until you try it https://warpcast.com/coinbasewallet/0xa2314e56
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Fully onchain FarmVille https://warpcast.com/sheldon/0x9d3ac0f3
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The future of commerce is onchain https://warpcast.com/warpshop/0x9d3af0c6
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Fully onchain T-Shirts https://warpcast.com/tweak/0x524caef0
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Fully onchain red envelopes https://warpcast.com/coinbasewallet/0x3608d1bc
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With @joinroyal’s 3DM Generator, fans can produce and own the rights to customized tracks using a model trained on a library of @3lau’s music https://royal.io/sonic
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@partydao’s Chat brings group coordination over shared assets onchain – on web and mobile https://rooms.party.app/
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@fwb FEST will be bringing culture and crypto together in the forests of Idyllwild, CA, once again this year https://www.fwb.help/
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Would mint this on @base 🔵 https://i.imgur.com/nwPb4P9.jpg
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The people asked, @barmstrong delivered @coinbase earnings results are now onchain https://nft.coinbase.com/mint/coinearnings
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Fully onframe wallet activity tracker https://frames-covalent.vercel.app/frames/wallet-activity
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Fully onframe NFT gallery https://share.airstack.xyz/s/3L
Infrastructure Updates
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Rollups are servers with superpowers 🔥 https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1751861388857766006
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Smart wallets will become the default https://warpcast.com/kristof/0xa5195532
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Smart wallets abstract away so many complexities for users: - Bundle transactions together - Pay gas in any currency - Subsidize gas entirely - Progressively upgrade wallet security - And much more Soon, most users’ first wallets will be smart wallets https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1752872694977265698
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Frames – a key missing piece of onchain commerce infra that now suddenly works https://warpcast.com/warpshop/0x4ebe68d3
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One-click mint directly in-app Slow wallet confirmations and high gas fees are dead, long live account abstraction! https://warpcast.com/destiner/0x25add7f0
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Dencun will be going live on Ethereum Mainnet on March 13th EIP-4844 is coming soon!
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First L3 on @base, the @syndicate Frame Chain. Why L3s? - 100x cheaper and faster - Dedicated onchain compute - Easy to onramp users/assets Expect more L3s to launch and experiment soon! https://warpcast.com/will/0x66826dd0
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On L3 platforms: - Cheaper and faster - Dedicated onchain compute - Allow other complementary apps to build on top of you Building your app on an L2 vs. building your own L3 platform: - Not every app will need an L3 platform - Some bigger apps will need an L3 platform - Many L3 platforms will fail due to little demand https://i.imgur.com/VBHdzhY.jpg
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With Sora, the proliferation of deep fakes and photo/video/audio manipulation using AI will be a big problem The best tool we have right now to mitigate this risk is verifiable cryptographic signatures that can help us make sure what we’re reading and sharing online is real Crypto and AI merging soon, crazy right?
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You can now deploy dedicated L3 app chains on /base, /zora, and /mode that leverage their distribution in just a few clicks Abundant blockspace, ultra high-throughput, modular expansion ✨ https://warpcast.com/conduit/0xf953c28d
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L3 ideas https://warpcast.com/jessepollak/0xa16ad5d2
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Another great resource for Frames builders https://warpcast.com/base/0x097b2250
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Just published the second edition of my Cryptso’s Casts newsletter, “Frames Mania,” via @paragraph! I cover frames, crypto x AI, new crypto GTM tools, PWAs, smart wallets, L3s, bringing my friends onchain, ETHDenver highlights, and more Cover artwork courtesy of @crowdmuse https://paragraph.xyz/@cryptso/frames