If find it amazing how much onchain activity is generated every time I react to a cast:

- @noiceapp sends a tip in $lemon3
- @tipn sends a tip in $USDC
- @cobuild swaps an amount of $USDC to the cast creator's coin

These "social emissions" are a mind-blowing phenomenon that we take for granted just because we are used to it.

(Not to mention tips in $DEGEN, recently $BETR, etc)

lemon3

Token for an open-source mini Farcaster client that also runs as an IPFS node to enable decentralized file hosting and sharing, intended to support and interact with the project’s MVP file‑sharing mini‑app

USD Coin

A US dollar–pegged stablecoin issued by Circle that is fully collateralized and used to settle payments, provide liquidity, and act as a unit of account across DeFi and payments on multiple blockchains

DEGEN

Community-created tipping token that grew out of the “Degen” channel on the Farcaster client and is used for tips, airdrops and other community-driven incentives. The project has since expanded into community tokenomics, liquidity programs and related Layer‑3 experiments and app integrations

BETRMINT

BETR is the official token for the BETRMINT mini‑app, a spin‑to‑win content‑casino game that lets users mint featured creator editions and play for prizes. It’s used to bootstrap attention, fund prize pools, and reward players with in‑game perks and community airdrops

Turning likes into money since April 2025 | Created by @kompreni & @niftytime.eth | PFP by @ekaitza | CA: 0x5bA8d32579A4497c12D327289A103C3ad5b64eb1

Tipn

noice

Buy someone’s coin when you like, comment, or follow them /cobuild

Dad, geek, conversation liquidity provider. @l--o--l | @wdimapp

How long do you think Base can keep transaction fees such that these microtransactions are feasible? I can't imagine if 100m get onboarded that they can keep transaction fees at fractions of a cent

Building Betcaster, Farfessions, and Phenomenon

Practicing physician every other week, Dad every day, sometimes sh*tposter

I don't think Base throughput is an issue.

1. There is nothing stopping these transactions to take place in other chains, even app-specific L2/L3s.

2. It is easy to batch these transactions if throughput/gas becomes an issue.

Batching doesn't save a huge amount of gas here IMO. Except for cobuild, which incidentally is also the only one that could presumably be sustainable 

The others are just burning ETH ATM as far as I know