July 16, 2024 on Farcaster

Over the past 24 hours, Farcaster has been buzzing with activity. Here’s a brief recap of the most notable events and discussions:

1. Introducing Safaricaster:

Matt Kim launched Safaricaster, a livestream of the Namib Desert, allowing users to mint personalized NFTs upon encountering wild animals.

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Matt Kim on Warpcast

Introducing Safaricaster 🦁 ‼️ Livestream the Namib Desert inside a Farcaster frame ‼️ Encounter a wild animal to mint a personalized NFT on @base Touch grass (sand) directly on Warpcast w/ other fauna watchers 🤩 https://safaricaster.xyz

2. Welcome Antonio:

Phil announced an AMA with Antonio, creating a lot of buzz with over 144 likes and numerous engagements.

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phil on Warpcast

Welcome to @antonio! Antonio has agreed to do an AMA and needs no introduction. Reply with your questions. :) https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/cecff2a7-90ac-4886-af1a-0a0d5592cb00/original

3. New Feature on Buoy:

Michael Pfister introduced a new Buoy feature to track watched casts on the web.

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Michael Pfister on Warpcast

New on Buoy: See your watched casts on web https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/e5482d99-68e6-4c10-61e4-6740194c4900/original https://beta.buoy.club/watches

4. Hot Debate on Ethereum Scaling:

PCaversaccio stirred up discussion by calling out the inefficacy of new L2s for scaling Ethereum.

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sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / on Warpcast

Look, creating new L2s is absolutely NOT how you scale Ethereum. It's a joke! All you're doing is inflating the Ponzi scheme ROI for crypto VCs. It's a smoke and mirrors game, a distraction from addressing the real issues. You're not solving anything meaningful for the users or the developers. Instead, you're just lining the pockets of those who were already rich to begin with. It's infuriating how this narrative keeps getting pushed, as if it's some revolutionary step forward. Newsflash: it's not! It's the same old game, just with a fresh coat of paint.

5. Memecoin Discussion:

W1NT3R inquired about the best meme coin generators, sparking a multitude of replies.

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W1NTΞR on Warpcast

What's the best meme coin generator out there? - solid contract with sane defaults - pre-sale and other degen mechanics - creates liquidity pool automagically (bonus point for liq incentives) Asking for a friend (no, seriously)

6. Galazio Kitchen Episodes:

Stefanie shared all episodes of the Galazio Kitchen cooking show in a single frame.

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Stefanie on Warpcast

Galazio Kitchen - A Farcaster Cooking Show 🍋 All episodes linked in the frame below :) https://frames.neynar.com/f/0097b433/2bef3277

7. Nouns Explainer Silver Award:

Ordinary Folk won a silver award for a Nouns explainer at the Collision Awards, highlighted by Goldy.

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Goldy ⌐◨-◨ on Warpcast

hey nouny friends, this is cool: Ordinary Folk won a silver award for their Nouns explainer in the branded content category at the Collision Awards. Congrats to the team 👏 love when you see a props life and impact continue over long timelines https://x.com/jrcanest/status/1813351764835303689

8. Round Rewards Daily Option:

Seneca announced that channels can now set up daily, automated rewards for the best posters.

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seneca on Warpcast

Reward your channel's best posters on a daily basis instead of having to wait an entire week! We've released "daily" as an option for rounds cadence. You can now set up rounds to distribute rewards daily (all automated, no claiming). This helps make the game of rounds have a tighter feedback loop. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/fb5185d8-36aa-4938-990a-5da41081be00/original

9. Polymarket and Twitter Discourse:

Discussions evolved around political debates and ethnical content on Farcaster.

https://warpcast.com/polymarket/0x2bc58123

10. Quality of Discourse:

Millie highlighted the increasing low-signal discourse on Crypto Twitter, suggesting Farcaster as a better alternative.

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Millie on Warpcast

The quality of discourse on Crypto Twitter isn't necessarily going down but the quantity of no-signal discourse has certainly increased a lot over the past year. Probably a great opportunity for Farcaster to capture a lot of the quality social discourse for crypto, particularly for Eth related topics.

11. Hypersub Subscriptions:

Proxy announced the launch of the /openventures newsletter tier on /hypersub.

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proxy on Warpcast

Excited to launch the /openventures newsletter tier on /hypersub mint to subscribe to a weekly, token-gated newsletter for .003 ETH / month, uncapped supply, soul-bound token in hypersub v2, subscribers can only belong to 1 tier at a time, so if you're a studio tier (200 OG tokens) DO NOT subscribe to the newsletter, you will have access anyway! 50% of newsletter tier revenue flows directly to the studio tier subscriber rewards pool let's win, together https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/s/open-ventures-p3c41zyyf0u8/2

12. Rewarding Participation:

New daily reward rounds on Farcaster were introduced by Seneca to encourage participation.

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seneca on Warpcast

Reward your channel's best posters on a daily basis instead of having to wait an entire week! We've released "daily" as an option for rounds cadence. You can now set up rounds to distribute rewards daily (all automated, no claiming). This helps make the game of rounds have a tighter feedback loop. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/fb5185d8-36aa-4938-990a-5da41081be00/original

13. Daily Conversations from Coopahtroopa:

Coopahtroopa appreciated the open and constructive feedback from Farcaster, contrasting it with backlash on Twitter.

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Coop on Warpcast

Today I was reminded of why I have so much love for FC. I shared an honest take why something I'm extremely passionate about hasn't clicked yet. On Twitter I was met with tons of backlash. On FC I was met with open, constructive feedback. FC continues to be a place where you can be authentic and vulnerable.

14. Celebration in the /mountains Channel:

Dan Romero celebrated 25-day streaks in the /mountains channel by Alex Mack.

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Dan Romero on Warpcast

Shout out to @alexmack for a 25-day streak in /mountains! https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/d2d462be-8c34-4a31-6e0e-69dc32441000/original

15. Ethereum ETFs and Staking:

Jake Chervinsky discussed the future approval of ETH ETFs including staked ETH.

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Jake Chervinsky on Warpcast

There's no good reason why the SEC should prevent ETH ETFs from staking. Staked ETH isn't a security, and investors can fully understand the risk of a staked product + decide for themselves if they want to take that risk. It'll take a while, but this is "when," not "if," imo.

16. Hypersub Updates:

Highlight of new updates on Hypersub and the essential role of Farcaster’s ecosystem in supporting creators and their content.

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antimo 🎩 on Warpcast

HUGE update to /deescuss by @alvesjtiago.eth: https://www.deescuss.com/profile/antimofm.eth/collections/d3aa5362-0d92-4e21-8613-62fed3abcf83 You can now subscribe so every time something new is added you get a DC! I'll be adding lots more casts and content as Deescuss gets more structured (gated to /design subbers) https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/8d6095ca-fe53-4dcb-e59e-c245b433d700/original https://www.deescuss.com/profile/antimofm.eth/collections/d3aa5362-0d92-4e21-8613-62fed3abcf83

Overall, these key updates and interactions highlight an active, supportive, and innovative community within Farcaster. Let’s keep the momentum going!