Farcaster

Farcaster Roundup - June 9, 2025

1. New FIP #236 introduces Pro tier subscriptions and grants active Pro users access to extra protocol-level features.

2. Dan published ihis June 2025 Centralization Update covering client diversity, Snapchain write node distribution, channel API progress, direct cast decentralization plans, GitHub merge control, and auth address improvements.

3. Bankr enabled referral links so members can boost their Bankr score and rewards by sharing sign-up links.

4. Coinbase Wallet fixed pull-to-refresh syncing for the feed and added the ability to copy cast text.

5. Buoy Extensions went live inside Farcaster; see the demo video for how to track keyword notifications in-app.

6. Clicker began sending beta onboarding invites to early adopters; DM Kyle to get on the list.

7. Channels Day livestream with dwr.eth explored AI-driven channel discovery versus human curation and invited community feedback.

Farcaster Devs

New FIP: Farcaster Pro

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/236

1. New FIP #236 introduces Pro tier subscriptions and grants active Pro users access to extra protocol-level features.

Tinkering on Farcaster and writing about it. Built /ambassadors (hiatus)

https://kylepatrick.xyz

Where is Farcaster still centralized?

June 2025 edition

Important to call out: our top priority remains user growth. Prematurely solving any of these potential issues below doesn’t help user growth in the near-term. So not a top a priority. May change in the future. 

1. Most users use the Farcaster app. A nerf on Farcaster app is de facto censorship from the protocol today. This will change as Coinbase Wallet, Zapper, Uno and other clients come to market.

2. Snapchain write nodes are run by the Farcaster team and Neynar. In theory we can collude to censor additional writes to the protocol. Low likelihood, but possible. Way to solve this is increase number of write nodes. But again, not an issue today.

3. Farcaster “channels” — metadata and creation are centralized. Content has always been decentralized via FIP-2. Creation is not available via API but metadata is. Making some progress on a plan to move channels into FIP-2 without having reliance on the Farcaster app. 

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2. Dan published the June 2025 Centralization Update covering client diversity, Snapchain write node distribution, channel API progress, direct cast decentralization plans, GitHub merge control, and auth address improvements.

3. Bankr enabled referral links so members can boost their Bankr score and rewards by sharing sign-up links.	https://farcaster.xyz/deployer/0x975edd41

2. Dan published the June 2025 Centralization Update covering client diversity, Snapchain write node distribution, channel API progress, direct cast decentralization plans, GitHub merge control, and auth address improvements.	https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0xac1e93c4

1. New FIP #236 introduces Pro tier subscriptions and grants active Pro users access to extra protocol-level features.	https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0x2a83e640

I’m very excited to see AI tool be integrated with Farcaster mini dapp. Like Grok on X. Will be useful for Farcaster user