Farcaster

What about Farcaster frustrates or confuses you?

farcaster doesn't provide APIs; need to depend on other clients

Degen

Hubs are open source / you can run yourself?

Or if you want convenience, you can use Neynar?

What's missing from your pov?

like, i just wanted an api to get full cast hash from cast url (a small thing) and i don't want to run a hub or pay for n eynar

easiest way to build on farcaster @ neynar.com | support @ neynar.com/slack

So in Ethereum you either run your own node or you pay a provider like Alchemy for access to one. There's no official free hosted API.

Historically, Warpcast has avoided being in the API business and this created an opportunity for @neynar to build an independent business focused on developers.