Warpcast

someone-build

Minecraft as a mini app

https://benjaminaster.com/css-minecraft/

Upgraded the video set up. 

A huge shout out @jackwyldes.eth for all the advice.

Now in the Coinbase Wallet limited beta: Mini apps.

These onchain experiences live inside the app. Find them right in your feed, the apps tab, and even in messages.

No downloads. Just tap and you’re in.

Farcaster Pro update

10,000 sold out in less than 6 hours!

Latest on Farcaster Pro

1. Launches tomorrow Tuesday May 27 after 1pm Pacific. In-app notification.

2. First 10,000 subscribers will receive an NFT at a later date. It's the same NFT for everyone. One subscription per FID. You must use the Farcaster mobile app to subscribe. USDC or warps—one or the other, no combinations.

3. There are no other benefits to the NFT; it's a benefit of Farcaster Pro. If you end up buying an NFT on the secondary market, there's no secret benefit.

4. If you have any hesitations about Farcaster Pro — $120 annually, only Day 1 feature is a badge and NFT—then *do not* subscribe. There are no refunds. We'd like to add 10K character casts and up to 4 images in the near future, but you should only subscribe tomorrow if you're excited about it.

5. It's one price globally. The goal here is to maximize revenue for the protocol—and 100% of revenue will go to creator and developer rewards.

6. It's optional. No benefit to reach, visibility or rewards. You don't have to subscribe.

Farcaster

The Farcaster app is back to being called Farcaster.

Brain finally stops doing a double-take for the name and logo. ✅

Lore x @farcaster Solana Mini App is LIVE

Start your @solana journey from Farcaster. Buy Tokens For You — all based on your Farcaster graph!

🧪 MVP is out (a lil janky tbh)
⭐️ V2 next week, expect this.
💸 Fast Deposits, Bridge ETH, fiat onramps
🪙 Tokens For You, more than Farcaster graph
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Context, see what your frens are holding

PSA

Warpcast -> Farcaster

We’re planning to rebrand on Friday.

fc-updates

We’re planning to launch a new, optional “Pro” protocol subscription

1. At launch, subscribers will have a Pro badge on their profile

2. Subscription will be onchain and part of the protocol. 100% of the proceeds go to casters / developers in weekly rewards. This in addition to the existing $25K+ a week in rewards. 

3. Planning to add longer casts (10K characters) and up to 4 images per cast for pro subscribers (needs a protocol change). Additional features over time.

4. $120 a year / $10 a month 
Why are we doing this?

- The protocol needs to find long-term revenue source that can continue fund caster and developer rewards beyond any one company.  
- We originally thought storage fees could be that, but we’ve realized that storage fees should be essentialy free to help growth. 
- So we’re trying an opt-in pro subscription as another model

Why now?

- Figuring out a long-term revenue model that works will allow us to double down on investing in growth

We have a borked version of the mobile app. 

Shipping a fix.

Big week this week! Team is shipping a bunch of new stuff.

Farcaster team is cooking with gas right now. 

In the next 7 days:

1. Warpcast -> Farcaster rebrand
2. Auth addresses, no more “Open Warpcast on mobile” in mini apps
3. Spinning up a few targeted cohorts for creator onboarding
4. Launching 2 new ecosystems for wallet / mini apps
5. Another confirmed airdrop
6. Making progress on a big new thing, hopefully can share next week
7. A bunch of wallet / mini app QoL improvements

0xHealer 🎒

@roryeth