I feel like most @farcaster   users don’t know where the name “Farcaster” comes from. Below is a timeline of events briefly explaining the origin of the protocol name:

📚 1989: Sci-fi novel Hyperion coins the term "farcaster"—instant travel portals built by AIs secretly plotting humanity’s doom. 🤖🌀

👨‍💻 2020: Ex-Coinbase directors Dan Romero (@dwr.eth eth ) & Varun Srinivasan (@v )start their own company (Merkle Manufufcatory) and begin work on a product called RSS+ aiming for a decentralized social web. 🌐🔗

🐦 Late 2021: A viral tweet sets up the tongue-in-cheek standard for naming tech products that Dan and V would later adopt 👀 🔮

🖥️ 2021: Launch of the Farcaster desktop beta client. 👾💻

🔮 Summer 2022: RSS+ rebrands to Farcaster and secures $30M from a16z Crypto. 💰⚡️

⚡️ Feb 2023: Farcaster app renamed to Warpcast, splitting app & protocol branding. Tbe FC desktop app becomes deprecated and is replaced with the @warpcast  mobile/web app📲🌠

🧩 Sept 2023: Warpcast introduces Mini-apps (Frames), bringing interactive dApps directly into your feed. 🎮✨

📈 Mid-2024: Warpcast hits ~940K accounts, 50K daily users. 📊🚨

🤔 Early 2025: Community confused by dual branding—Warpcast app vs. Farcaster protocol. 🤷‍♂️🌀

🌈 June 2025: Warpcast announces plans to rename app back to Farcaster, unifying the brand. 🎯🔄

I hope u enjoyed this crash course one Farcaster history