Aloha gang, it’s Jacy!
It’s been a minute since my last writeup and I’ve been meaning to get another one together for a while, but all the AI agents I asked to write it for me were busy launching tokens.
So I’m pulling up from the trenches to share some projects that I’m excited about and I think are worth looking into.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of these are built on Base. It’s by far the chain I spend the most amount of time on these days - and it’s home to a large, thriving community of builders. I’m constantly in awe of the sheer volume of consumer apps, games, products, etc. that ship on Base daily.
Also, this goes without saying, but NFA DYOR XYZ.
This isn’t a shill. It’s just a shortlist of projects that I genuinely think are doing interesting stuff. In a very crowded market for attention these teams have built something that caught my eye and I think is worth sharing.
Alright, on to the list:
Stoke Fire:
I’ll be honest with you, despite seeing Stoke Fire repeatedly on my timeline for quite some time now, I really had no idea what it was. And it’s a bull market … so I kinda didn’t care. Shiny things everywhere, on to the next, you know the deal.
Then one day, after realizing I was in a group chat with the founder Noah Bragg, I listened to a podcast interview he did with another friend, Gramajo - which I highly recommend you check out.
My curiosity was instantly piqued.
I learned that Noah is a prolific builder. Stoke Fire is his latest endeavor, but he also founded Poolfish, a tool suite targeted at crypto LPs, and started and sold a couple other bootstrapped businesses in the web2 space.
Stoke Fire is an onchain game where you gather resources, raid your friends, and ‘stoke the fire’ to grow your village.
It’s currently invite-only and the invites are highly coveted. I scored one from siadude, who’s not only a homie, but a Top 5 ranked player on the leaderboard 🙌🏼
He gave me a quick tutorial and I was off to the races.
The game itself is really well done. For starters, it’s an actual app you DL from the app store (no offense to anyone building PWA).
The game play is incredibly sticky.
Not in the “I’m addicted and it’s sucking up all my bandwidth” kind of way, but in the “perfect blend of simple strategy and won’t take up too much of my time” kind of way. The graphics and UI are also really fun, and the UX is smooth and intuitive.
You can read the game mechanics on the site, but I will say it’s really simple and quite fun.
There is a tiny bit of an up front investment. You need some Base ETH for gas, plus about $20 worth of $FIRE to run tasks in your village. [Don’t let the price of $FIRE scare you - Noah’s great about keeping the cost to run tasks flexible and pegged as close to $1 as possible and your $20 should be more enough to get rolling].
Your goal is simple - to have the most productive and thriving village while fending off competitor villages from stealing your goods.
You earn rewards - in ETH - proportionate to your success.

If you wanna get started, all active players get 3 new invites a week. You can scan Noah’s “Most Active Players” Starter Pack or feel free to slide into the DMs for one of mine - but fair warning, I’m only giving them to folks who are committed to playing for a few days so I can get my kickback. No seriously, don’t make me be this gal:

CastOut:
Hosted by the loveliest ladies on the purple app, Nounish Prof & Adrienne, CastOut is GM Farcaster’s version of Survivor or Crypto: The Game.
Last season, 16 Farcaster OGs battled to wear the CastOut Season 0 crown. They began on teams - competing in online games like Yoink and Oregon Trail, testing their social capital strength with viral polls and meme competitions, and backstabbing alliances until only the mighty Toady Hawk remained.

This season, I’m throwing my degen hat in the ring and will be playing alongside some of Burr Frens’ finest poker players for a huge pool of crypto prizes.
I don’t know what they’ve got in store for us, but I think we’ve got a pretty solid team with a good shot at winning. Plus, we're poker players, so ya know ... hyper competitive and kinda sharks.
You can follow along at GM Farcaster and pick your winning team on Bracket Game. Just know it’s all onchain so we can see who you’re rooting for 😉
AlgoHan:
I kinda wanna keep this one under wraps because the more eyes on it, the higher the odds are of me getting sniped. But I’m feeling generous and Han deserves all the love. Plus, these mints don’t come without friction.
Han is an OG creator who released CryptoCubes in 2020. He’s a low-key legend followed on X and Farcaster by the likes of Deeze, Ripcache, Jack Butcher, and a ton of crypto artists.
In short, he’s a chad.
Han stuck around building in the bear and fast forward to 2024, he started dropping some mysterious mints on Farcaster in mid-October. The first cast said merely:

I immediately minted, because well, Han. But also - I love everything about this.
DEGEN tip-to-mint means not only do you need to be on Farcaster, but you also need to have a tipping allowance. Right off the bat this is going to be an exclusive club of minters.
I didn’t even know what the mints were about. And tbh, I still kinda don’t. I just know that Han has said he’s building an AI bot and that full set holders of all 100 stories (mints) would get … [something].
The ‘stories’ are editions of /100 and the next one doesn’t launch until the prior one has minted out completely.
Lastly, before you ape in, you should know that:
You’ll need to be a full set holder and the only way to mint is either with DEGEN tips or to market buy
The costs of the mints increase. The first 10 were 100 DEGEN, the next 10 jumped to 200 DEGEN. I’m not sure if we’ll continue to see the same increment jumps for all 100 mints, but it does seem that only those with higher DEGEN allos will be able to participate via tipping at some point.
I’m a full set collector so far and I’m happy to keep minting to see where this goes!
The Pledge:
If you blinked this month you might’ve missed this on the timeline. It’s flown relatively under the radar compared to other token launches. And it surely hasn’t made the rounds on Farcaster, presumably because it isn’t on Base (although it’s on ETH mainnet, so technically Base-adjacent).
The TLDR here is:
$PLEDGE is a memecoin allocated to a select group of 900 people who vow never to sell more than 1% of their allocation each month and tweet once a month: “I am upholding the $PLEDGE”
The idea is that by publicly upholding the vow - no matter the price of $PLEDGE - we (the pledgers) form a verifiably trustworthy group of individuals.
The list of pledgers, along with our wallets and socials, will be made publicly available upon launch. We’re getting 90% of the initial allocation, and we all pitched in to fund the liquidity pool.
The project is 100% community created, driven, and run - and it’s an amazing group of people. A lot of the early team appear to be OG Punks who were looking for something that wasn’t pure grift or extraction.
I was invited by a friend, who had to personally vouch for me. My reputation was scrupulously vetted via socials, and I was manually approved for discord. It felt like online cult initiation.
I’m not sure where this will go, but we’re already getting allowlist to some cool projects, the community has good energy, and it’ll be fun to track price action given the fact we’ve all sworn ourselves to not selling. The airdrop is happening tomorrow (12.5.24) so we’ll soon find out …
AlfaFrens:
I’ve been shilling AlfaFrens on the timeline recently - and it’s not just because I’m on the consulting team that’s leading comms & marketing for their upcoming V2 launch.
I’m actually a longtime fan and user of the app and am genuinely excited to help take the app to the next level.
AlfaFrens is a fun place for users to create a private channel to chat with followers. And it’s not just for KOLs and influencers. Some of my fave follows are everyday people chatting about niche content in their area of expertise.
AF is a product of SuperFluid, and utilizes their innovative streaming token technology. What that means is, if you’re a creator, name your price and you get paid by your subs in real time every second.
On the flipside, it’s a great way for subscribers to get access to specialized content or to chat with people you might otherwise not be able to connect with. And because you pay by the second, you only pay for what you use.
Plus, subbing earns you ALFA, which will be converted 1:1 for $AF in the upcoming TGE 👀
I can’t say too much about what the team’s got cooking, but you can follow AlfaFrens on Farcaster and X to stay up to speed. You might also wanna keep tabs on SuperFluid. Word on the street is they’re “gearing up for something big” too.
Oh, and if you’re enjoying this writeup, I welcome you to join my AlfaFrens channel where I tend to share this kinda stuff in real time.
Ok I think that’s a lot for one writeup, but I did wanna give some micro shoutouts to some other things that have been taking up headspace for me lately:
AIXBT: This scrappy little AI agent is quickly becoming my favorite crypto twitter KOL. It's sharp and quick with the ratios and recently began rage-burning the tokens it accidentally deployed with another agent. But mostly it's a fun and quick way to stay informed on larger token narratives in the space without needing to spend hours researching. It improves daily on signal-to-noise and is becoming my go-to daily digest for what's eating mindshare.
GDUPI: I’m not trynna shill any memecoins, but I truly think Yonfrula’s GDUPI token is so much more than a meme. I’m happy to support a hardworking and talented artist like Yon and just vibe with a fun and passionate community. Plus, I mean ... just look at this chart 🤯
FUN FACT: As one of the first true artcoins, GDUPI has bridged the gap with collectors ranging from art lovers to everyday degens to the big guys like PROXY, Mike from Rainbow, BitFloorsGhost and Deeze. The kicker? The quant AIXBT approves:
Burr Frens Poker: If you’re on Farcaster, love playing poker, and importantly - have great vibes - come join us at Burr Frens poker!! Hosted by Burrrrrberry the poker queen, all games are free to play and prizes are awarded in Base tokens of all sorts, but mostly DEGEN and tn100x (aka Ham)!
BONUS: Burr Frens is one of this month’s Degen Pad recipients, so if you’ve got DEGEN or HAM tips to spare, donate them via Degen Pad to Burr Frens and earn $DPAD!! Great way to reward yourself in support of the club!!
Frens Alpha: Frens is a fun social trading group chat app. It’s kinda like if Telegram and Interface had a baby. Chat with your friends about tokens, post the CA and see who's buying high and selling low 😜
That’s all for now, if you enjoyed this writeup, feel free to pass it along and come say hi on Farcaster!
You know someone who writes and might want to join our contest? Tag them below and share link to your fav post by them to get some DEGEN (rain 10000 $degen)
ps: huge thanks to @jacek for supporting the contest :)
maybe @joanwestenberg.eth
maybe @gokhan.eth 👆🏼
cheers, i'll check this!
@danicaswanson @kentb @michaelofstjoe /screenplay /allthingsfiction
Thanks for the tag! I told @macbudkowski I'll gladly participate in the contest if (and only if) my muses decide to cooperate with the prompts... lol. We shall see. ;)
Haha of course!
gotta tag here one of the best @mkkstacks 💜 https://warpcast.com/mkkstacks/0x92ede74b
🥰 Thanks for the tag @janicka!!
My brother writes irl, i brought him on here too @patoski Will share some work below
https://warpcast.com/patoski/0x845029fb
https://warpcast.com/patoski/0xa898fa78
I'm going with @esdotge.eth (and myself 😅) We will definitely joining! 😉 https://paragraph.xyz/@brand3/brainstorming?referrer=0xbef65BF144bdEa1667A74F14aD552c751aD4C056
@jacy you might want to check this out
this is awesome, thx for sharing mikado! 100 $DEGEN
✅ 100 tipped ∙ 891 remaining 100 / 991 (10%) 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Here's a link to a post by @jacy https://paragraph.xyz/@futureproof/memes-arent-the-only-meta
@superbuu.eth is a fantastic writer ✍️
would love to see @gramajo.eth join the contest
here is a writer @spy
Thank you Ser for recognition!! 🫣🫶
@dazedaisy is a writer and my personal friend irl I’m shocked she hasn’t seen this and should definitely join the contest
@koedy get in
@mehedi1976.eth let,s join https://warpcast.com/mehedi1976.eth/0x635c295c
@patoski https://warpcast.com/patoski/0x139f8fe9
Thanks a lot.
I don’t know anyone to be honest but I dabble sometimes and I’ll love to join, here’s a recent of mine https://warpcast.com/ogebaeby/0x57fb3d06 🥺
Getting @lampphotography in here for this. She’s one of the best writers here https://warpcast.com/lampphotography/0x94f75729
Gm ♥️ Lauren @lampphotography is an amazing writer! She’s created so many helpful guides to onboard community members here and on other platforms. She also has a newsletter where she shares insights on various topics. Definitely worth checking out! 🥰🎉 https://warpcast.com/lampphotography/0x1973e089
@0xmugiwaraanas hop in show them some cool writings ✍️
i didn’t see a post about the competition separately. but the topic is cool, I’ll be glad to join can i "tag" myself?)) https://warpcast.com/ramina13/0xff8b4e18
Interesting
This @farzanzare.eth https://warpcast.com/farzanzare.eth/0x0eb7a198
@icetoad.eth & @jiya are two of the best writers i know https://warpcast.com/jiya/0xebe66309
@mandolinaes know how to write, those gms wont get written theirselves. Check this, idk what it is but 2 ETH prize pool for writting
Thanks for the shout out friend
@assayer is the best one https://warpcast.com/assayer/0x60f261fd
Im suggesting @pichi and @kylepatrick.eth
Joining! Thank you!
Check out this article about new rules of spam labels https://warpcast.com/pichi/0xc4a36f49
I love rain 🙌
Touch you @kylepatrick.eth https://warpcast.com/kylepatrick.eth/0x672bbffd
@pichi might wanna join https://warpcast.com/pichi/0xc4a36f49
I’m definitely going to join! Thank you!
Let’s go @zx789 @qw789 @ar999
@trillobyte bro he is amazing artist, I always love his art https://warpcast.com/trillobyte/0x91939686
Thanks buddy but it looks like they are looking for writers not artists
Oh sorry bro. Bro artists do not count here, I just noticed it 😔
No worries my friend 💙
@kylepatrick.eth bro he is an amazing writer. I think everyone should read this content. https://warpcast.com/kylepatrick.eth/0xe32c418a
perhaps the best writers are the ones who haven't written yet...
Getting @patoski here .. he is a good writer trust me .. here’s a work of his I love https://warpcast.com/patoski/0x139f8fe9
Thank you very much, Fren.
Make it rain☔ @macbudkowski
Let’s Rain ☔️
@milad47.eth @parsambn Tnx for friend
My favorite is HODL Hoard gang 💎 ✊🏿 and Pay-game!! Get in @sinas @unclehodl.eth https://warpcast.com/unclehodl.eth/0x2483275e https://warpcast.com/sinas/0xcd8ebd32
Will share some work below
go join bro @pramadan.eth
@gramajo.eth has unique writing skill! https://warpcast.com/gramajo.eth/0x467d069c
@arjantupan he is a poet and also runs /poetry (I guess) . One of his words. 👇 https://warpcast.com/arjantupan/0x1cbcd7e3
Thank you for that kind mention. I indeed run the poetry channel.
🙂🙌
Sounds interesting. https://paragraph.xyz/@httpsdrive.google.comdrivefolders1mbkq2arblne5ic2vtffkdmcbnpdkuedt/are-eggs-gluten-free-foods I will love to be a part of this.
My favorite writer @assayer https://warpcast.com/assayer/0x60f261fd
@radism is the best one! https://warpcast.com/radism/0x3b8433d5
No way, thanks a lot amir you are true gem & friend 🫂
@kylepatrick.eth I trust you on this !
@daxtoon.eth is a really humble guy...love his photography https://warpcast.com/daxtoon.eth/0x65809589
Han is back, minting pieces from his algo collection via degen tips only. not entirely sure what’s in store, but it’s got elements of art + AI so i’m in. did a brief write up on it a while back if you’re curious: https://paragraph.xyz/@futureproof/memes-arent-the-only-meta
/microsub tip: 🍖x207
Tipped: 207 Today's Allocation: 1485 Total Tipped Today: 207 Remaining Allocation: 1278 Balance: 1861 Ham Score: 1 Rank: 419
/microsub tip: 🍖x682
Tipped: 682 Today's Allocation: 4313 Total Tipped Today: 682 Remaining Allocation: 3631 Balance: 4369 Ham Score: 2 Rank: 77
i have 3 invites to play /stokefire, a fun mobile app game that earns you ETH. read about in my latest newsletter and lmk if you want an invite! *pls only ask if you 100% intend to play 😊 https://paragraph.xyz/@futureproof/memes-arent-the-only-meta
I want to check it out but can't guarantee I'll play every day. + @chasesommer.eth
memes aren't the only meta: a peek at some of the best things in crypto you probably don't know about Check out @jacy ‘s list “This isn’t a shill. It’s just a shortlist of projects that I genuinely think are doing interesting stuff. In a very crowded market for attention these teams have built something that caught my eye and I think is worth sharing.”
thx for sharing 😘😘
You're a good writer!
ty adrienne, means a lot coming from you 🥹
it's been a minute since I've written anything, so decided to put pen to paper and share some of my favorite (mostly) non-memecoin things that are happening (mostly) on @base. i think you'll find some hidden gems in here. featured: - @nbragg and stoke fire - @gmfarcaster and castout - @yonfrula and gdupi - @burrrrrberry and burr frens - @han.eth - @alfafrens - @frens and a couple other bonus shares. this is optimized for website viewing, but you can def read in frame if that's your thing. lemme know what ya think in the comments. are these on your radar? https://paragraph.xyz/@futureproof/memes-arent-the-only-meta
Great piece Jacy :)
thx jason :)
for sure, will read!
whadda i gotta do to play stoke fire?
need an invite, some $fire, and a little base eth 😃
If you’re any kind of a gamer, casual or hardcore or somewhere in between, you’d appreciate the simplicity and brilliance of stokefire. If you need an invite, I can help you get started. Let me know! 🙌🏽
Bangerrrrrs
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based
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thx garrett 😊
Great read I only didn't know two of them and now I'm glad I do through you Thank you 🍖 x 192
awesome, hoping ppl can discover at least one new thing they like here!
Great job Love to see more if you had time 😍😍
haha considering it’s been 9 months since the last one i have a very low bar to succeed. will do my best. thanks again!
Awesome great read!
thx spit!
super based
thx kyle, gotta follow in the ambassadors footsteps 🫡
we gotta relaunch an overpriced jpeg like media for fc at this point 😆
🤣🤣 was looking around this morning … jpegs actually are starting to feel overpriced again. in the good way 😄
Siiiick 500 $degen
hey thanks bud 😊
such an awsome summary&read on most of my favorite stuff happening on here!! and thanks a lot for the shoutout about gettig you into stokefire...if your 3 invites will be gone the upcoming monday and you would like to onboard some more in that week send them my way ;) had too many bad experiences with people i didn't know and werent reliable enough to get past score 10 so i didn't get that ingame kickback lol!
thank you for hooking me up! and will do. gotta be picky with those invites for sure! been loving the game tho. @nbragg has something good on his hands.
thanks Jacy!
absolutely...already had some bad experiences inviting people i kinda shouldn't have invited in hindsight lol 😁 and noah surely created a banger...nut just for us also for himself lol check out those developer rewards lmao: https://dune.com/stoke_fire/dashboard
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great read. haven't heard of most of these 👀
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Check out the latest blog post by @jacy, highlighting some exciting projects worth your time. From the invite-only game Stoke Fire to CastOut's competitive antics, there's a lot going on in the crypto space. Dive into innovative creations that are sparking interest on Base and beyond!