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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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Farcaster 当前仍存在哪些中心化问题？  
（2025年6月版）

重要声明：用户增长仍是我们的最高优先级。过早解决下述潜在问题无助于短期增长，因此这些事项暂非首要任务（未来可能调整）。

1. 应用层中心化
   多数用户使用官方 Farcaster 应用。当前协议中，对该应用的任何功能限制即构成实际上的审查。随着 Coinbase Wallet、Zapper、Uno 等第三方客户端上市，此状况将改变。

2. 写入节点控制
   Snapchain 写入节点现由 Farcaster 团队和 Neynar 运营。理论上我们可能合谋审查协议写入（可能性低但存在）。解决方案是增加写入节点数量，但该问题当前尚未显现。

3. 频道创建机制
   频道元数据与创建流程仍中心化（内容通过 FIP-2 实现去中心化）。目前创建功能未开放 API，但元数据接口已可用。我们正推进将频道功能完全迁移至 FIP-2 的计划，以消除对官方应用的依赖。

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