Quilibrium

Years ago, when I started building a decentralized discord clone, people asked me why. I wanted a communication tool that was truly decentralized, in a way that no state actor was able to gain control over.

Signal's design wasn't capable of group chats beyond a certain size. The features only went so far. And it has failure points such that countries block them by firewall and have to rely on the good graces of others to run proxies, which ultimately get shut down or blocked too.

App stores do not share in this ideal — their concern is profit, and will bend backwards when forced to by regulatory bodies.

Amazon and others are complicit in helping state actors maintain their control of the web, and are profiting handsomely from the arrangement.

None of this happened by accident. And I only saw it getting worse. I realized what I was building in this chat application went beyond just chat, and how pressing it was to make this general purpose.

Let’s not forget: the internet was originally envisioned as a decentralized network owned and controlled by its participants.

Anyone who shares the same vision should stand with the projects and people who fight to restore that.

Zora

Today, we released a major upgrade of the @zora protocol. 

We are bringing secondary markets onchain with @uniswap to unlock more value for creators and collectors after a mint.

When the mint ends, the market begins. 
It's like magic.

this is such a neat way to collaborate creators and collectors, timelessly.

congrats!

principles

not all crazy ideas are great, but all great ideas are crazy

favorite mint for the past 2 months: SWEETMAN® by @pamilo

Self-taugh Artist. 
https://zora.co/@pamilo
Part of VUELAPELUCAS 3000 Community (NFT Art Camp in Argentina)

GitHub has cited the auto update script as the cause, but has stated they will not reinstate the repo. I am continuing to push back on this, because we are more than willing to cooperate with what they need.

Despite being furious, i definitely agree that we should recognize the urgency of making Q the ‘lifeboat’ for projects facing similar challenges ASAP.

At the very least, we control how we play.

always try to be in the moment.

life is as simple as that.

Happy Q Day!

let’s not forget showing our respect to @cassie for making all this possible.🫡 I’ve always wondered how Cassie managed to almost single-handedly push sth this ambitious forward(iykyk). 

I guess Cassie is demonstrating how purpose drives a person towards sth.

and remember, we are still so early.

BDFL of Quilibrium, Eng @ Farcaster, ex-Coinbase, always opinionated, never hydrated

/quilibrium

Photography

less of a sunrise, more of a landscape painting

Warpcast

Yoink!

Attention Yoinkers, we have been nominated as an “underrated Farcaster channel.” Vote below, 4 hours left! 🚩

https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0x5a10e79b423b3347d3be5fba48b756ba8fa7f219/submission/102898025834731834720636909092988516042161475003307890072804439341077922656250

IMHO, yoink is super underrated for how many engagements it has been driving for FC

consider the amount of active players within a day, or even minutes, that is simply incredible

so much can be built upon yoink too, but it seems ppl has not yet realized👀

Shibuya Crossing

make it fun and engagement will follow

i’m amazed by the creativity here👏

Stoicism

july

i've watched this video well over 30 times the past 4 years, thought it would be good to share here

reminded me of ‘Momento Mori’ (i’m going to die) from Stoicism

enjoy

hello 

you can now set your mints in $enjoy

enjoy :~) 

https://warpcast.com/tyson/0x05764b0c

Farcaster OGs

Books

Whenever I read, I imagine the author as a knowledgeable friend seated across from me in a café, engaging in a lively conversation with me. 

This subtle shift has provided me with an unprecedentedly immersive reading experience.

4000 questions asked this week in Frame

maybe something 

https://frames.airstack.xyz/ai

i can tell it’s getting better day by day

def recommend trying this out if you haven’t already

Farcaster

The active badge is going away.

Spammy accounts are aggressively gaming the system to get the badge. 
Making the rules stricter just makes it harder for legitimate users.

We’re past the point where a simple rule based system will work. We need something better.

kudos to the FC team

i don’t know abt others but tbh i ve been missing the good old days of FC prior to Q3 of 2023 - iykyk

hopefully this will bring us both growth and a healthier environment

Rex Dai

@24