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before we start, we have two announcements:
- our Dappcon Writing Challenge submissions are in. if you'd like to read the submissions and upvote the ones you find interesting, you can find them in this document.
- kiwi bots are back. you can follow them on Farcaster and Twitter.
and here are the top links from the last week:
News
Robinhood to buy Bitstamp for $200M
submitted by timdaud.eth
Arweave acquires crypto social media app Odysee
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 2 comments
Supply chain email breach attack affected several crypto companies
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Farcaster client Nook is shutting down
submitted by destiner.eth | 4 comments
Essays & Talks
Vitalik comments on celebrity tokens
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 4 comments
Pedro Solimano tries to understand how many users does Farcaster actually have?
submitted by timdaub.eth | 5 comments
Ifeoluwani makes a case for memecoins
submitted by ayomide.eth
Leopold Aschenbrenner writes about the upcoming, AI-powered decade
submitted by qiaoliang.eth
Gokhan is arguing for the Transdimensional Bloc
submitted by gokhan.eth
Mac Budkowski shares his thoughts on more meritocratic social feeds
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Six suggests that instead of decentralized social we should focus on programmable social
submitted by timdaub.eth
Mac Budkowski writers about privacy as digital houses
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Nathan Schneider explains why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats
submitted by mishaderidder.eth
Zinkk shares his recap from Dappcon '24
submitted by zinkk.eth
Auditless explains the bold vision behind the Gnosis 3.0
submitted by auditless.eth
Erik Voorhees talks about the American heritage of disintermediation
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Gary Goldberg describes the creative tension between the Old and New ideas
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Anu introduces the concept of Software Creator
submitted by timdaub.eth
Li Jin shows how crypto can help to build net-new marketplaces
submitted by rvolz.eth
Behkod demystifies Account Abstraction
submitted by paicasso.eth
William Peaster asks which version is right on-chain or onchain?
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 2 comments
Justin Drake & Toly debate what's better - Ethereum or Solana?
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 2 comments
Dan Romero outlines the challenges with BYOA and social networks
submitted by 0xluo.eth | 1 comment
Shlok Khemani dives deep into LLMs and data protocols
submitted by lilping.eth
Daniel D. McKinnon analyzes G Cloud business and wonders why Google keeps investing in it
submitted by mobot.eth | 1 comment
Romain shares his thoughts on Dappcon '24
submitted by greedywizard.eth
The Rise shares Why he thinks BTC is close to a decade bear market
submitted by therise.eth
Vgr writes his Bangalore meetup report
submitted by timdaub.eth | 1 comment
Users who recently onboarded to Farcaster share their opinions
submitted by timdaud.eth
friend.tech DAU is down to 177 users
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 2 comments
Dan Romero shares his thoughts on building Farcaster apps
submitted by qiaoliang.eth
Products
Brave: Goggles
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
OpenRank: Decentralized reputation protocol
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments
Minus: Finite social network
submitted by mishaderidder.eth
Orb.club opens up
submitted by mishaderidder.eth
Passports ZKPs for biometric passports
submitted by zinkk.eth
For Devs
Bonding curve research group library
submitted by wongssh.eth | 1 comment
Reth archival node guide
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Open source alternatives to privy
submitted by timdaud.eth
Farcaster faucet bot
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Cryptography behind the top 100 cryptocurrencies
submitted by timdaub.eth
Dashboards & Reports
Interactive Ethereum Roadmap
submitted by macbudkowski.eth
Rollup.wtf
submitted by wongssh.eth
AAVE deposits & borrows
submitted by timdaub.eth
Research Hub
submitted by mobot.eth | 1 comment
Derivatives
submitted by wongssh.eth | 3 comments
Art
Sotheby's gold fur Bored Ape auction
submitted by mishaderidder.eth
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