@jacek

A lot of people have been asking what actually makes Degen different from the other Farcaster clients. And the honest answer right now is: not much yet. That was intentional. The goal for the first release was to get a clean, fully working base client into people’s hands instead of spending months polishing something in a vacuum. Now that it’s out, the real work begins. We’ve got a long list of ideas that can make the Farcaster browsing experience meaningfully better, and we’re planning to ship them in fast, steady iterations. Week by week, the app should start feeling more thoughtful, more polished, and more useful. The first version is the foundation, not the finish line. I think there comes a point where Degen Hub can be a real competitor to the main Farcaster client or the Base app. Different people want different things from the same network. No single client is ever going to satisfy everyone, just like no single browser or email app does. The ones that stand out are the ones that obsess over the details and deliver a smoother, more enjoyable experience. That’s what we’re aiming for. On the platform side, we haven’t made any final decisions yet. My personal take is that focusing on Apple first could let us deliver a truly great native experience more quickly, the same way some of the best third-party apps on iOS stand out because they lean into what the platform does well. Keeping the scope tight early on lets a small team move faster and actually build the features that set us apart. We have a lot of ideas to make Degen Hub unique and genuinely better, and now that the base app is live, we can start delivering them.

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