many such cases ep 14: blocks, boosts, rewards, mini-apps
Jonny and Ted share their reactions and thoughts on the potential impact of Warpcast’s newest features: blocks, boosts, and $5 USDC Warpcast rewards. For the hundredth time, they also explore specific ways in which channel could be a viable pathway to scale the best aspects of Farcaster that they remember from the early days: finding and building authentic community. Last, they visit the potential of mini apps and deep links as a richer UX and dev solution to the limitations of frames. Enjoy! 00:00 Introduction: rebrand and Jonny’s design process 03:30 Blocks: how can this enhance (or hurt) user control over conversations? 10:15: $5 USDC Warpcast Rewards and Boosts: will this actually result in quality content from new users? 20:00: Reply Culture: how can we recreate engagement from early days? 27:00: Channels: how can channels scale the network? 36:00: Channel Ecosystem: what are specific ideas to help improve channel content? 40:00: Mini-apps: could these be the next solution for a richer dev and user experience?
many such cases ep 13: explore, moxie, twitter crossposting, and channels
In this comeback conversation, Ted and Jonny discuss their takes on the new Explore page, the impact of the new Moxie protocol on the Warpcast experience, what it means for the Network School to be built “on Farcaster”, and the stagnant, yet promising nature of channels against the challenge of quality content. 00:00 Introduction and episode overview 01:14 How we’re feeling about the Explore Page and what we want to see next 11:14 Understanding Moxie and its impact on our Warpcast experience 21:20 Why experiments are important to Farcaster 26:50 Twitter celebrities cross-posting: good or bad? 36:23 What it means for the Network School to be built on Farcaster 37:20 Channel check-in (in lieu of a feelings check-in)
Going Higher ↑ with Martin Anquetil
This episode welcomes Martin Anquetil, the founder of the Farcaster culture currency, Higher. We spend this episode discussing his professional career, personal values, and why he’s excited to wake up in the morning to work on proliferating the higher meme. It’s a jam packed episode, so i hope you enjoy our conversation. --- This episode was produced in collaboration with Higher.
many such cases ep 12: building for high-quality content with @dwr
on this episode (recorded “like a year ago”), @dwr joins @ted and @nonlinear to discuss the number one priority for farcaster right now: the challenge in creating a sustainable supply of quality content. we cover user engagement metrics, the current state of channels and what they could become, and how the team is thinking about enabling high-quality content through new features. @dwr also shares some of his insights on the power of text-based content and cultures on social platforms like twitter and what the emergence of AI-generated content may mean for these platforms. 00:39 farcaster’s top priority 01:29 challenges and strategies for building communities 07:30 reducing the barrier to high-quality content 15:20 the dominance of text-based content 18:35 in-group culture, power of memes, and AI-generated content 25:25 the future of channels
many such cases 11: feet, frames, long casts, and a surprise guest
on this episode, @ted and @nonlinear.eth are joined by special guest, @v, to kick off a discussion about longer casts and frames — but not until after they cover the recent trend of [redacted] that is both a hysterical and mortifying case study in farcaster virality. after getting the rundown on longer cast intentions and current developer (and consumer) pain points on frames, we focus on exploring the potential for better content creation that enhances the entertainment value and social experience on farcaster. we share the frame experiences we love most as well as offer new ideas for more entertainment-driven, less utility-driven frames. last, we revisit the current zeitgeist on power badges and content discovery through the lens of marketplace dynamics. we could be midcurving it, but it made pretty good sense to us.
Nick Tomaino: Skin in the Game
The following episode is made possible thanks to DEGEN. 🎩 --- This episode welcomes Nick Tomaino, Co-founder of 1confirmation. He's an early adopter of Bitcoin, and former Coinbase employee, who shares his journey in the crypto space and his investment philosophy. We discuss the rise of meme coins, the value of prediction markets in providing more truth to the world, and Tomaino's core value of 'skin in the game' that drives his investment decisions. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
many such cases 10: nook shuts down, emerging cozy corners, and a new farcaster fight
In this episode, Ted and Jonny discuss the recent news about Nook shutting down and explore the explore different strategies @dwr recommended for building on (or alongside) farcaster as developers, creators, and potentially independent business owners. Ted and Jonny then cover some of the emerging cozy corners on Farcaster, such as FBI (Farcaster Builders India), First Draft, Tabletop, Lounge, Club Ted, and Higher Run Club. Last, Ted and Jonny wrap it up with a quick discussion about a recent controversy on Farcaster involving the authenticity of certain Instagram-like accounts.
Ep.33: Smoovie Williams from Sanko.tv, Building on L3s, Layer3 Raise, Rug.fun v2, Onchain Social
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 00:44 Jess is back and we have smoovie from sanko.tv joining us today 02:53 We launched the Highly Regarded quiz this week, don’t forget to take it and mint your results for a little surprise during Demo Day 6/20 04:22 Welcome Mr. Smoovie Williams to the show to give us an intro and talk about what he’s been working on over at sanko.tv 15:45 Shifting the discussion to talk about the decision to build an L3 and where the value of any given network comes from 20:24 On Web3 games growing organically from the bottom up, how you can’t fake the funk, and launching a token 27:19 Closing words with Smoovie, thanks for joining, and what you can look forward to over on Sanko in the coming weeks and months 34:07 Another edition of WTFIPDOC where we talk about Lasogette bridging to BTC and Peace’s experience moving his tokens over 39:23 Our next topic, Layer3, how they’ve evolved and their announcement that they raised a $15 million series A this week 45:42 A discussion around the democratization of media leading to the rise of the content creator and now software creators are on the rise 49:08 Jumping to Zapper and their announcement this week that they’re launching a new protocol 56:35 A quick discussion on rug.fun announcing they’re launching v2 of their platform this week 53:56 Far Terminal now making it possible to one-click launch tokens if you’re the host or creator of a Farcaster channel 55:47 Quick lightning round where we cover Jacob from Zora’s post with a graphic showing how onchain social is better, Milady Cult and more 58:40 Thanks for joining us, don’t forget to RSVP for Demo Day June 20th, and we’ll see you back here next Friday at 11am PST / 1pm EST Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Onchain Summer 2024 with Jesse Pollak
Onchain Summer 2024 is here. We’re joined by Jesse Pollak to chat about all things Base - from their strategy to bring the world onchain to the Smart Wallet and resetting the price of a free mint. 25 minutes of onchain energy!
Going Viral Onchain
This episode welcomes Cooper Turley, Founder of Coop Records. Cooper is a recurring guest on the pod, though this time, we focus all of our attention on how to go viral onchain. Consider this a round table discussion where him and I share our insights, lessons learned, and debate our perspectives on the current state of the onchain creator economy. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Real Housewives of KC/DC
Field goal kicker Harrison Butker wants women back in the kitchen, I want women in the House of Representatives to throw down WWE style, and Aaron Rodgers doesn't want ANYBODY to check his computer. For our main story, we talk about how PWA's are going to change mobile gaming (and apps) forever. Also, how "BBL Drizzy" changed producing forever, Chat GPT's new voice AI feature optimizes our algorithm greasing, the awful truth about Q-Tips, and white people doing white people shit. Good luck! 0:00 Don't Skip The Intro 2:13 MERCH ANNOUNCEMENT 2:48 Military Time 6:26 Face Jewelry Disaster 11:30 The TRUTH About Q-Tips 13:29 Chap-GPT4o 19:10 BBL Drizzy (AI Sampling) 29:39 Real House Committeewives of DC 38:39 MAIN STORY: CityVerse + PWAs 54:43 FOH HOF: Harrison Butker 1:03:24 FOH HOF: Aaron Rodgers' Confession 1:06:48 FOH HOF: Tree Exploration 1:11:59 Don't Skip The Outro 1:13:02 Good Luck! Theme Song
many such cases 9: farcon debrief and farcaster’s real existential risk
We return to Many Such Cases with an inside look at FarCon (00:25), an in-depth discussion on the cast and tweet heard around the world (26:59), and our own POV on Warpcast’s current “existential risk” (57:53). We couldn’t be happier to be back at it again and we hope you can hear the joy and excitement and fulfillment in both our laughter and discussions. Links below: McBain’s post about FarCon: - https://warpcast.com/mcbain/0xc14d17b7 The Cast and Tweet heard around the world: - https://warpcast.com/0xdesigner/0x85ca56da - https://twitter.com/0xDesigner/status/1787182104696271135 Commentary re: First Time User Experience (FTUX): - https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x1ac98056 - https://warpcast.com/smokingfrog.eth/0x51e82513 - https://x.com/papa_raw/status/1789743855622885519
Music on Farcaster with Sonata
We’re joined by Sebas and Sweetman to chat about the first FC music client - Sonata. We cover the history of onchain music, the role of decentralized channels, why open source matters and much more.
Ep.27: LIVE FROM FARCON/FREE WIFI ft. Dan Romero, Paragraph acquires Mirror, Titles
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM PST live.seedclub.xyz Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep 58 - Boombox
Ep 58 - Boombox We’re joined by the co-founders of Boombox - a new app to share your favorite artists and earn BOOM when fans add them too. Now live at app.boombox.fm!
many such cases 8: deploy on degen, farcaster CMO, farcon, and onchain media
welcome to many such cases, episode 8 that should be 9 but ted got nerdswiped by Crypto the Game and vows for it to never happen again. we chat what's special about farcaster, deploy on degen week, frames, degen, real vs fake engagement, hypersub churn, farcaster's existential risk, FarCon, and why we should put media onchain. 0:01:00 Crypto The Game - https://warpcast.com/matthewb/0x0dc0939a 0:10:40 Deploy on Degen - https://warpcast.com/jacek/0xb0f1dd27 - https://warpcast.com/syndicate/0x9a6cef16 - https://syndicate.io/blog/deploy-on-degen 0:16:00 Frames segue 0:19:00 Degen volume, bots, and new notifications 0:23:48 Fabric MRR and churn - https://warpcast.com/nonlinear.eth/0xa75e8192 0:32:33 FC client numbers (re: woj cast) - https://warpcast.com/woj.eth/0x41d3d1d5 - https://warpcast.com/deodad/0x31fcd632 0:36:10 Farcaster’s existential risk by Ben Roy - https://warpcast.com/benroy/0x277e7335 0:44:32 Farcon update - https://warpcast.com/ted/0xd59e2a5d - https://warpcast.com/aneri/0x2e3440e5 - https://warpcast.com/aneri/0x44ab0369 0:51:39 Onchain media / ads (why media onchain)
#169 - NICK TOMAINO
Nick is the Founder and General Partner at 1confirmation, a cryptocurrency focused investment firm. After raising its first $26M fund in 2017, 1confirmation now has over $1 billion in assets under management. The firm's early-stage investments include OpenSea, Farcaster, Worldcoin, Polkadot, Cosmos, Polymarket, dYdX, Degen, and others alike. Prior to starting 1confirmation, Nick was a Principal at Runa Capital and worked in business development in the early days at Coinbase. Follow Nick on X @NTmoney and on Warpcast @nick. For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
Ep.24: LGHT x $higher, Colby Mugradi x mmERCH, $Nouns, The Scenecoin Opportunity
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 03:12 LGHT - Higher, memecoins, and more 06:47 The origin story of the Higher channel and how it evolved into a token 08:35 How the idea of Higher being a scenecoin resonates vs being a brand token 11:01 Higher as a DAO token and comparing it to Enjoy being a scenecoin 12:50 LGHT on Higher becoming a lifestyle brand and building a grassroots movement 15:37 How brands can contextualize or constrain on-chain creation in useful ways 20:21 Welcoming Colby Mugrabi to the show to talk about her project MMERCH 22:42 Colby’s background in fashion, discovering Web3, and thinking about generative art 25:14 Digging into the mechanics of the upcoming MMERCH drop and how it works 28:19 Some of the specifics on the materials and manufacturing of these hoodies 30:19 How the MMERCH NFC chip works and how to redeem your token for your wearable 32:13 Colby’s take on MMERCH being a brand that exists in the metaverse vs in the real world 34:37 Drop logistics, allowlist, partnering with DieWithTheMostLikes 36:40 Shifting gears to discuss a piece Josh wrote on The Scenecoin Opportunity 39:37 Jess’s take on The Scenecoin Opportunity and getting your token into the right hands 45:45 Jumping to Nouns DAO announcing they’re launching a token called $NOUNS 51:32 Perpetuating the Nouns meme further and how scarcity has impacted potential growth 53:16 Andrew Kang’s tweet about Mr. Beast and, Unlonely playing with tokens and live streaming 58:03 One quick lightning round on Friend Tech getting a bit of redemption and their imminent launch 01:00 Signing off, thanks for joining, we’ll see you next Friday at 10AM PST, every week is a big week Hosts: Jess Sloss & Josh Cornelius Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
#168 - JACEK
Jacek is the creator of $DEGEN, an innovative cryptocurrency and L3 built on Base on Ethereum and popularized on Farcaster. Follow Jacek on Farcaster @jacek. For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
Ep.20: Stani Kulechov - Lens goes permissionless, Johnny Mack on Hypersub, SXSW recap, Memecoins as currency, Narrative Engineering
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 00:02:16 An introduction to Lens Protocol with Stani and some recent updates, like going permissionless 00:04:30 Diving deeper into Lens’ growth strategy and empowering app developers 00:08:41 Teams working to extend the protocol and incorporating memecoin mechanics 00:18:19 Johnny Mack joins the show, founder of Fabric and Hypersub 00:34:10 We went to Austin for Boys Club’s SXSW event /brandnew, it was incredible 00:39:12 Deep dive on a recent article about consumer apps and the attention theory of value 00:45:57 Memecoins could become currency for fans of brands and sports organizations 00:49:14 Drakula is an example of a ‘publisher exchange’ to check out 00:54:06 Founders need to be narrative engineers and stay close to the meta 00:59:00 Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to mint the episode and /brandnew pieces on Zora Hosts: Jess Sloss & Josh Cornelius Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.18: Perl & Fantasy Social, $Enjoy, Decentralized Social, Blast, Software Companies as Lifestyle Brands
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass Development: David Hurley Operations: Merna Makar
001 - Steve Simkins / DevRel @ Pinata Cloud / IPFS, Cosmic Cowboys, ERC-6551, Video Editing
In this episode, we explore the intersection of blockchain and gaming, with a focus on the blockchain game project Cosmic Cowboys. The game serves as a proof of concept for using NFTs with embedded wallets/accounts, illustrating innovative approaches to NPC interactions and asset management within games. The discussion begins with an introduction to the project, detailing its origins and objectives. The conversation then shifts to technical aspects of blockchain gaming, including the use of IPFS for decentralized storage. This part of the discussion explains how IPFS ensures content immutability and addressing, highlighting its application in blockchain games and other sectors. Additionally, the role of Developer Relations (DevRel) within the tech industry is examined, emphasizing its significance in connecting developers with the community and facilitating a bridge between technical products and users. Personal experiences in DevRel are shared to give insight into the challenges and rewards of the role. Technical and operational challenges faced by developers in the blockchain domain are discussed, focusing on storage, optimization, and community engagement. Solutions such as IPFS and dedicated developer support are presented as ways to address these challenges. The episode concludes with a look at future projects related to blockchain, NFTs, and IPFS, touching on the potential for new applications and innovations in the space. The discussion invites community feedback and engagement, reflecting on ongoing and upcoming endeavors in blockchain technology. This episode offers a comprehensive overview of the innovative use of blockchain in gaming, the importance of DevRel in the tech industry, and the challenges and opportunities in the blockchain space, presented in a manner that prioritizes factual information and insights. Show Links: https://www.pinata.cloud/ https://www.cosmiccowboys.cloud/ https://twitter.com/stevedylandev https://warpcast.com/stevedylandev.eth
How to Give Creatives More Control, w/Raf from Refraction
For EP7, we spoke with Raf Katigbak, Co-Founder of Refraction, an artist-owned community leading the next wave of digital art, music and culture. Raf has a long background and history in the world of culture, and we had an awesome conversation talking about how music, IRL events, and blockchain can all come together to give creators greater control and opportunities within their industry.
How Decentralized Social Network Farcaster Hopes to Eventually Get to One Billion Users
In the two weeks since Farcaster introduced its Frames feature that allows developers to easily add mini apps to users’ posts, the decentralized social network has become the talk of Twitter, now X, and increased its user base by ten times, according to co-founder Dan Romero. Romero joins Unchained to discuss why Frames has become so popular, the philosophy behind Farcaster and its client Warpcast, why the crypto component behind Farcaster is being kept to a minimum, how Apple’s new Vision Pro could lead to the creation of a 3D social network on Farcaster, how he and his fellow co-founder’s background at Coinbase helped shape their decisions about building Farcaster, and his vision for eventually getting Farcaster to a billion-plus users.
