Should Farcaster add a "staking" verification system?  Please reply! 

Users can get "verified" badge by staking $10 USDC in a contract. The stake can be reclaimed at any time, but will only release after a delay (maybe 4-8 weeks). 

Verified users will get the following benefits: 

- Badge on profile. 
- Access to video uploads.
- Show up higher in conversations. 
- A small boost in the rewards program. 

The goal is to make it harder for spammers to verify so that good humans on Farcaster have a better experience!

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

Scammers have already paid $120 to get verified. 🫠

Some ideas:
1. Use other telemetry like scam domains from posts/profiles to nerf accounts. With staking model, scammer stakes can go to the community treasury. 
2. Use an attestation service or worldcoin or something to verify ppl. May just lead to fiverr farms. Only verified ppl can stake. 
3. Use old skool Twitter blue check model. Painstaking and not super scalable but will cut impersonations.