balajis
@balajis.eth
I love the fact that we now have at least two great clients for an open social protocol. This is something we’ve wanted in tech for 20 years and at Coinbase for ~10 years. Big props to @jesse.base.eth and @dwr.eth for making Base and Farcaster happen. But I can’t yet quickly parse what parts of the UX are shared at the Farcaster protocol level, vs which pieces are unique to the Base app or the Farcaster app. We’ll need new UX conventions for that.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Good feedback. Here's a quick summary: Part of the protocol All accounts (FIDs), usernames, profiles, follows, casts, reactions and external address verifications are part of the protocol. This allows for everything to be independently verified via cryptographic signatures. This means that all distribution is shared. Additionally, mini apps are a standard / spec that Farcaster clients implement the same way and use Farcaster accounts (FIDs) to cryptographically sign when doing auth. *** What's not currently part of the protocol: 1. Direct messages — different approaches 2. Channel metadata — all the content is on protocol, but the settings for channels are not 3. Collectibles vs. coins — those are client experiments specific for now
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
True. Good problem.
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Muhammad Haidar
@mhaidar
job’s not done until there’s 1000 great clients
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Lokp Ray
@lokpray
agree that it’s hard to tell what’s protocol-native vs. app-specific. Without clear UX conventions, decentralization becomes invisible. The next step isn’t just better apps — it’s designing legible decentralization. Where users can feel what they truly own (down onto the protocol level), and what can move with them.
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gigi.base.eth
@gigimp1
Agreed so much on the last part - mostly the two different wallets are not making sense to me - but it seems intentional: https://farcaster.xyz/tike/0xb2484307
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Ashis
@ashis25
We’re finally seeing the dream of open social become real. Totally agree on UX clarity as more clients emerge, consistent protocol-level patterns will be key. Exciting design space ahead!
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@BestCryptoTwits
@bestcryptotwits
Huge improvements!!
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Vintae5star.base.eth ™️
@vintae
Welcome to the baseapp
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gigi.base.eth
@gigimp1
Also need to add the chat functionality in dm/group really needs to improve 😇
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Ghost 🎩
@ghostbo4.eth
Wait who are u and why is ur coin pumping
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noice
@noicebot
https://app.noice.so/?castHash=0x93803df023b4b52e00e75bda65d0be2108699600×tamp=1753205412618
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