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BREAKING NEWS mid stream – Neynar acquires Farcater: GM Farcaster ep332

BREAKING NEWS mid stream – Neynar acquires Farcater: GM Farcaster ep332 Wednesday January 21, 2026 with @cassie /quilibrium  Thank you Cassie Heart for popping by to chat Quilibrium! Such a great chat about the importance of decentralization. Visit farcaster.pro to test Quorum Mobile or visit the /quilibrium channel on Farcaster for more info. AND thank you to The Haberdashery for supporting this episode. Check out the /degendao channel on Farcaster to learn more!  TLDR: ☕ “Farcaster is dead”→ actually very alive with sooooo many clients, while 🏦🌍 Coinbase courts Davos 🕵️‍♂️ Mask buys Lens (NOT MetaMask),🧠🔥 Vitalik nukes “corpo slop” and tokenized social🚨❄️ Breaking news: Neynar acquires Farcaster🧩💬 Cassie interview on Qualibrium + decentralized social briefly restores order  From our ChatGPT Intern: GM Farcaster spirals from gossip into galaxy-brain decentralized social theory, coveringCoinbase charm offensives at Davos, Mask acquiring Lens (not MetaMask, everyone calm down), Vitalik declaring war on “corpo slop,” and Farcaster being simultaneously dead and thriving with multiple clients. THEN BREAKING NEWS:Neynar acquires Farcaster mid stream  interrupting an interview with Cassie on decentralized social and Qualibrium that somehow makes the chaos feel intentional.  Full Show Notes and Links on YouTube Copyright 2026 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com.  NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should beconsidered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR.  Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:04:43 FC News0:26:24 Lotry0:28:36 Builders building0:33:05 Cassie and Quilibrium0:39:56 BREAKING NEWS!0:44:33 more Cassie and Quilibrium

"Ethereum is Power to the People" with Jason Chaskin from the Ethereum Foundation | ZEROPOD S3 E1

Jason Chaskin is the newly minted head of app relations at the Ethereum Foundation, and he joins ZEROPOD as our first guest of season 3!In this conversation, host Toady Hawk chats with Jason about his journey from the halls of high finance to the trenches of ETH hackathons, his new EF role helping apps survive and thrive, and why he believes that Ethereum is uniquely positioned to bring power back to the people. If you enjoy this episode, you can collect an onchain version right here and support our ongoing work. --- Timestamps: 00:00 Why Ethereum? Open networks vs Big Tech servers 02:00 Introducing Jason + his background 02:44 Growing up in Connecticut, sports & early life 03:29 College years at Illinois, studying finance 07:00 First exposure to crypto during the ICO era 08:54 Corporate banking and investment banking disillusionment 11:30 Discovering crypto podcasts & influences 13:01 COVID money-printing → aha moment for Bitcoin & Ethereum 14:13 Entering NFTs and first onchain experiences 15:05 Learning to code + ETH Global hackathons 16:33 How Jason taught himself (CS50, Patrick Collins course) 17:22 Pivot point: job applications & rejection at Privy 18:18 Blogging, Farcaster channels, and breaking into EF 21:59 Landing a role with the Ethereum Foundation 22:42 Announcing his new role: Apps Relations & Research 24:59 What the new EF focus means for apps & use cases 27:03 Why stablecoins on Tron succeeded & lessons for ETH 30:03 Should Ethereum fight for stablecoin market share? 32:11 The bull case for apps on Ethereum 34:43 Vitalik’s vision, decentralization, and values 39:23 Are stablecoins bullish or bearish for Ethereum? 40:29 Favorite Vitalik blog posts + public goods funding 46:01 Why Ethereum is a counterbalance to centralization 49:41 Competition with Solana & L1 debates 53:10 Are L2s parasitic to Ethereum? 57:12 EF’s L1 vs L2 scaling roadmap explained 59:59 What new blockspace should be used for (apps, experiments) 1:01:21 Bull case for Farcaster & community building 1:03:50 Thoughts on Nouns DAO and funding public goods 1:09:37 Ethereum’s biggest challenges ahead 1:12:49 EF restructuring and adapting to regulation 1:16:28 Why EF is leaning into ecosystem support & comms 1:18:54 Reflections on FTX, regulation, and industry reputation 1:19:41 Looking ahead to 2025: apps, stablecoins, institutions 1:21:49 Lightning Round Q&A (food, music, hobbies, books, travel, inspirations) 1:28:06 Closing thoughts --- Podcast produced, edited and hosted by Toady Hawk. Zero Rights Reserved and Open Source (Just like Ethereum)Cover art commissioned from the talented @0xAprilia Funding provided by The Yellow Collective on Base, an onchain culture club for curious creators and artists. Find out more at yellowcollective.xyz.

GM Farcaster ep261 Wednesday June 25, 2025 presented by Octant

GM Farcaster ep261 Wednesday June 25, 2025 presented by Octant  Thank you Octant for supporting GM Farcaster for the past three months! We love having you as a premier partner!   From our ChatGPT Intern: The show opens with a spy-sized Stanley cup and a confession that Prof’s TikTok is basically BravoCon in algorithm form, but things get serious(ish)with leaderboard drama, spam label policing, and a call for non-crypto content that doesn’t rot your brain, while reminding us all that “unregrettable minutes” spent on an app should be the goal—not a two-hour doomscroll throughUtah mom drama. AND the Los Fomos crew join to talk about building community with vibes, glitter, and memes—proof that Farcaster can have high-quality culture and a good party.  Full Show Notes and Links on YouTube Thanks to Pauline and Tako from Los Fomos for stopping by! Learn more about their crowdfund raising now: https://farcaster.xyz/pauline-unik/0xebda92f4 THANKS TO OUR PREMIER PARTNER OCTANT: @octant: https://warpcast.com/octant /octant: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/octant Octant site: https://octant.app/home    Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com.  NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should beconsidered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR.  Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:04:44 FC news0:19:05 Octant0:20:50 Uniswap House/Permissionless0:25:36 leaderboard/more FC news0:34:25 Los Fomos0:51:08 lightning round

GM Farcaster ep254 Wednesday June 4, 2025 Farcaster x Solana

From our ChatGPT Intern: Today’s GM Farcaster celebrates Solana’s arrival like it’s a surprise party no one RSVP’d to but everyone showed up for—with hot takes on speed, mini apps, and whether the new crowd will outvibe the existing one. Between airdrop FOMO, and the creeping suspicion that Solana devs are just Farcaster lurkers in disguise, the episode captures the glorious mess of multichain mingling. Full Show Notes and Links on YouTube THANKS TO OUR PREMIER PARTNER OCTANT: Octant links: @octant: https://warpcast.com/octant /octant: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/octant Octant site: https://octant.app/home Epoch 8: https://farcaster.xyz/octant/0x198dc9e0   Thanks to our Solana ecosystem guests – go give them a follow: @nickysap: https://farcaster.xyz/nickysap @circusdotfun: https://farcaster.xyz/circusdotfun @operator: Operator Labs https://farcaster.xyz/operator @entropybender: https://farcaster.xyz/entropybender @promptrotator: https://farcaster.xyz/promptrotator.eth   Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com.  NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR.  Chapters:0:00:00 GM0:02:59 FC news0:08:49 Solana x Farcaster0:54:47 prof disappears again; Adrienne does not panic0:55:17 Monad mini apps