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Huge thank you to the whole @farcaster team, @gmfarcaster, @nounishprof and @adrienne for the @clanker Ecosystem Grant and continued support as we keep building in the FC/Clanker ecosystem. Farcaster has been an incredible place for us to build, test, learn, and launch new onchain consumer experiences through CoinHero, the platform behind RIPS, PLINKS, and now SCRATCH. Our apps found early momentum here because of the builders, users, and communities who show up every day and actually try new things. We’re grateful for the support, and we’ll keep building products that bring more activity, more distribution, and more fun into the ecosystem. So on behalf of myself, @pagameba and the rest of the CoinHero team, thank you again and we have so much more to come. 🫡
android users: yes, we know. we've been heads down on fixing android performance since the first reports and have multiple devs working on it as their highest priority. it's proving to be a particularly stubborn problem. we appreciate the patience and the quick feedback while we work through it.
I'm leaving Farcaster as a platform lens and looking forward to using the protocol (Snapchain) in my custom environment. And here's my confession. This will be the hard one and one might look at this cast as heavily biased. But I swear on everything I love: every single word is honest and should be taken straightforwardly as-is (to avoid misunderstandings and double meanings). Some takes might lack an actual argumentation, but keep in mind that this philosophy is not intended to make you switch sides. That's just how I feel (!!) it. --- The First Chapter: Farcaster has culturally drained itself --- Merkle left Farcaster and it's not a problem at all. We just continue with new builders-[artists also?]-aligned mission. That's what I wanted, that's what a lot of people wanted. To focus on the builder support, to focus on community. To be closer to the community, almost like a son and a mother relationship. Then, Jack left Clanker. Clanker is a heavy cultural asset imo (even tho we might not know how to unleash its full potential yet). And the fact that Clanker was left by his parents alone with Angela -> yeah that's kinda messed up but anyway. People move forward, things should die or be reborn. But this one already hits. All the time I was here (actually I will be here) -> I witnessed a lot of activity but of course no one has surpassed Clanker yet. Obviously, like yeah. But here's a double-edged sword. I'm not talking about the public acknowledgment. I'm talking about the cultural impact. And to consider this -> the idea was pretty fresh and kicky. Just launch a token from your cast while pumpfun is booming. What do I mean by that? I mean that the cultural impact was relatively weak. Our artists are far better than developers. Far more expressive. Our musicians might be better too. Take a minute, it's not like I'm assessing powers of ourselves and who's better or who's not. That's just what I am feeling. The lack of support was quickly recovered thanks to new Farcaster team efforts. And I'm really grateful for that. This makes me happier to see that people can get recognized. I dreamed of something that can increase recognition of all creators here (and not this creator tokens bs). I'm actually still thinking about it, and that's why I started 37 and all that ROCK stuff. You know it, because my casts aren't lying. I'm seeking for a way to get us together from different parts of the world. To bring more people on Farcaster. That being said, I don't think we will somehow achieve that with the current state of things. And the current cultural impact we do already have. It's just weak. Please note (this is really important for me) -> I'm not pointing fingers, hating, or saying that I know how to do better than others. We're all trying what we can do best. But sadly the growth is not achievable with what we have and I will be so glad to be proven wrong. Re: Why I'm even "shilling" my shi here -> not to say hey all, this is bs, let's go to my new haven. No. Just no. I say it to prove my words. That I actually care and give a shi about Farcaster and its fate and doing something too. And zooming out, it feels like the whole scene is losing its soul. Larpers left Farcaster on the bear market. Crypto is slowly dying. No new narratives. That's why I was talking all the time about something genuine. A collective effort could change the world for the better. Same with crypto. But extractive fckers don't want to do it apparently. Just wanna grift and extract. We can collaborate. And strive. And prosper. --- The Second Chapter: Grants --- Grants announcement is what made me write this. I'm not going to lie or pretend that it's not related to the grants decision. It is related. It has made a final impact to write this. Spoiler: it's not about money. Those who know me -> know me. I managed to earn some money within Farcaster and I was glad for the opportunities. I'm not pro-extraction or complaining about how I didn't receive a grant and it sucks. If you are still thinking about it -> I recommend you to stop reading further to not bother my spiritual space in this cast. Thank you. One of the defaults for grants was self-sustainability and it's understandable. I'm not going to judge the decision since it was announced that they would be human biased. CharmsAI even was praised by Base [app] lol. I will just say that I'm not feeling it and I will dare to say that no one will change something here. Please, don't take it harshly. Consider it as a bet between you and me. As a challenge. Time will tell anyway. As a little note though, I didn't see artists or culture-related communities represented in the list (e.g. Higher?). Even if that kind of impact is harder to measure, we can still support and collaborate with them to make Farcaster a better place (but this is my humble opinion, a side note). --- The Third Chapter: Pantheon --- My personal list of people who are culturally gifted / i fw with (randomly sorted): 1. kismet collective 2. lambchop 3. fffflood, phraggg and co with operating system 4. y8t and trupty 5. gandhi, bias, shoni and wake -> some real mfers (although i barely know y'all but i just feel it) 6. i fw with higher heavily (catra, anacarolina and folks). Respect. 7. virkkk, sadgirl, selenevisions, sinusoidalsnail and other artists. i love your art 8. I also really, really appreciate Mr. Bertwurst and horsefacts. Thank you for your energy. You played a huge role in believing in myself. 9. tricil, zoo, trish, clfx and greywash -> love u! 10. jpfraneto with Anky experiments 11. n with vibemarket -> this was huge 12. July and hyp for thoughtful casts (although i'm not seeing them frequently in my feed) 13. Garrett and basil with the skycastle experiment. 14. ace with constant, never ending apps -> your assertiveness is inspiring 15. slokh for anoncast and woj for supercast I appreciate notdevin for honesty. Thanks to drivenbyboredom for your photography. It's great. Quin with ghouls. Undefined and to for beeper and prev experiments. Myk has done great with new year gifts. Benna with Benoit are goated for lanparty. Swishh is a great guy and I also appreciate smokingfrog for beefing with me (that I'm a rugger and a scammer). I want to feel people here. It doesn't matter if u hate me or love me. Matt with tortoise is goated. Proxy w/ dish goated duo forever. Thank you. Thosmur and papi streams were great. You guys are amazing. Compusophy is an amazing experimenter and just an inventor who's always up to something. I also loved the goose experiment within Honkverse. This was great and cute. I appreciate early itsbasil rants. Tldr's bracky was goated culturally (almost Clanker-like impact) Bankr is great but sadly migrated to X. But i'm happy for deployer. You need to move to thrive. Stagnation is a slow death. --- Here's the Fourth Chapter: Conclusion --- We're not gonna make it if we will continue in the same direction. Sadly, that's all I have to say. I'm not a serial entrepreneur and I'm not heavily experienced in running projects. I'm young. And all I know is that I have a burning feeling and desire for art and to change something in this world in a positive way. All I know is that I know nothing. But imo, Solana is a great example of culture (I'm not highlighting a negative impact and decisions of people on the chain). I'm just talking about culture. It was fast. Fragile. People were speeding so fast that they didn't understand where they were going. But that's what made memories. Why? It reminds us of childlike behavior. We're adults with a locked child inside us, being a hostage. No other way around. A lack of risk and compulsive decisions. True life, a serene and unburdened life? Punk life. Who knows. We can take the best from all previous titans. And create something great. Something like a Renaissance. But who am I to predict. I can just try to take a glance on a foreseeable future, and God will position all the pieces on the board. Thanks for reading it if you made it to the end. Thank you. I really thank you and my heart is.. like my heart is racing right now because I'm nervous as I write this. I'm not lying. Nervous in a positive way. Because life is a phoenix. Things die to give birth to new things. Nothing is eternal. Art is temporary. It should be created to die. It dies at the start or it makes a history. You'll never know. see you on the other side, perhaps.. all 37 of us?
The Clanker Eco Fund is a much bigger deal than I anticipated! $75K to 21 projects to open this new era. s/o @farcaster team 💜 This will bring some serious financial fuel and building energy to FC. And all these teams are the type who put everything back into their projects. s/o to all winners who make FC home for all of us, and to @adrienne & @nounishprof for the selections. You two are always first class, and that's exhibited in spades here. If you are getting anything but thanks, tell them we are going to sick Bert and Mookie on them. This is a 'what's happening on Farcaster list' and those who make FC better day in, day out, year in, year out. The list makes me proud to be here. Welcome to the CEF era. This is Farcaster.
21 projects. 32 project grants. 10 creator sprint grants. total of $72,000 awarded. and we're just getting started. huge thanks to @nounishprof and @adrienne for taking on the stewardship of the Clanker Ecosystem Fund and helping us recognize the incredible projects and builders in this community. clank clank.
Perfect Rd 1 of clanker grants: @toadyhawk.eth @jake @atown It’s always hard to give rewards: objective and you’ll be gamed; subjective and you’ll be a popularity contest. But I think these three demonstrate really excellent taste and judgment. Top notch. I’m excited to see who gets recognized next.
Just wanted to give a shoutout to the ladies at @gmfarcaster @adrienne and @nounishprof They are doing an excellent job being the stewards of the clanker fund and deploying it to the most deserving I just saw they gave 10 k to @jake and @toadyhawk.eth and that is fantastic No one more deserving then those guys . Cheers to all the others that got a grant 🙌🏽
QR got a grant! $10,000 from @clanker :) It means a lot to have @qrcoindotfun recognized and rewarded by the Clanker Ecosystem Fund following 450 days of building and 450 daily auctions for attention. Building a novel app on Base in this past year's market has not been the easiest thing in the world, but moments like these make it well worthwhile. It's great to be headlining the fund’s first round of grants alongside fellow onchain builders and now friends @toadyhawk.eth (BETR) & @atown (EMERGE). These guys are relentless and they demonstrate the creativity & experimentation that building in crypto is all about. This is the first grant I have ever received. I appreciate that it comes purely as a result of building onchain. I didn't have to apply to any contest, fill out any forms, or play any superficial games. We just built a popular app that thousands of people open daily. That was enough. The core loop for our daily users it to get paid to discover something new onchain every day. (Bidders bid on our daily auction to win their attention). So far we have sent more than 1 million micropayments in the form of these daily rewards, and now we are the ones getting rewarded. It feels good to be on the other side. Farcaster is a fantastic product and an even better network of people. It's been my pleasure to be a part of it over the last few years. The case for a crypto-native social network remains strong, even if it is not a hot topic in the market right now. Neither was privacy, for example, until it was (Zcash). Hardly anything not having to do with AI is getting much attention at the moment, but I am confident that crypto social’s moment will come. My hope is that it is sooner than later, and that Farcaster will remain the frontrunner to be the breakout product in that category at that time. Clanker has had a checkered history but ultimately it is one of the most impressive businesses I've seen built in crypto. Had it not existed, I never would have clanked QR, and likely never would have built @qrcoindotfun, so I am grateful for that. Regardless of its past, Clanker now has a fresh team, a new fund, and an opportunity as a part of Farcaster to become one of the most fun and valuable places to hang out on the internet, as Farcaster has been for years now for me personally. Big thanks to @rish, @dish, @nounishprof, @adrienne, and everyone from the clanker, farcaster, and @gmfarcaster teams for this much appreciated grant. Also thank you to everyone who opens the app every day to check the link of the day, and to all of our bidders who have bid to win our daily auctions for attention. The onchain attention machine would be nothing without you.