Farcaster Pro is an important step forward in making the protocol sustainable.

Raising a bunch of money from investors and spending it is not sustainable. It’s a tactic not a strategy.

If the protocol can charge a fee that people are willing to pay annually, then it will have budget to spend on what is important to the protocol—independent of any one company.

We’re starting with a pragmatic, optimized for speed approach today where we are centrally collecting, deciding (via an algo) and distributing rewards.