Starting today, Farcaster sign ups are cheaper.

Any app -- Base, Zapper, Recaster, Firefly -- can now sign up users for $0.20 onchain.

In the Farcaster app, we're moving sign ups from $3 to $1 (we have to pay the app stores fees). We also offer free sign ups for people who connect an eligible X / Twitter account.

Farcaster app signups going drop from $3 to $1 later today. 

This change is thanks to the Storage Redenomination FIP, which makes the cost of each storage unit 20c. Clients like Base and Zapper could choose to sign up users for as little as 20c. 

When you sign up on the Farcaster app today, we will charge $1 and give you 3 units of storage (which is now 60c). The other 40c goes to the app store tax for the in-app payment. 

Another important change is that we are extended the duration of all storage units for another year. You do not need to renew storage. We will continue doing every year as long as Snapchain can keep up with traffic. If at any point Snapchain is unable to, we will go back to storage expiring yearly. 

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/229

I got my mom in law to join and she’s a grandma. Need to get my own mom to join next, she is also a grandma.

Well, I will ask grandma to try this 👀

More from Varun here

https://farcaster.xyz/v/0xcb6fadf2

My casts are immutable, but my opinions might get a soft fork… followed by @woj.eth 🎖️

Waaay easier to onboard friends now. Mini app builders, this is your cue

Wow, talk about upstaging Base’s big day 🙄

Is there an onboarding video that’s updated ?

Specific to normies who don’t have or use X, GitHub, discord and are just non-social media types waiting for something better than FB, insta

this is very cool actually. I remember I paid $5 when I signed up

I can now onboard my entire family 

Thanks Farcaster.

A sufficiently decentralized social network. farcaster.xyz

This is people-centrism at play. Nice one @farcaster @dwr

what are those app store fees?

if an app is free there is no charge
if you charge for an app they take a 30% fee

but since downloading farcaster is free and no in-app purchases are present on the app, there are no app store fees...

Any chance of reducing the cost of channels?

This is awesome.
Farcaster is ready to put many beautiful souls onchain.
They should come and taste this sweeter pudding with us.

Is there an update for onboarding a group of 100+, and the onboarding rewards feature that was deprecated?

Super cool to see signups getting cheaper! Just wondering 🤔 is the referral bonus still a thing, or is it mostly just about sending invites now? Want to make sure I’m sharing the right info with folks.