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**Farcaster** is a decentralized social protocol founded in 2020 by former Coinbase executives **Dan Romero** and **Varun Srinivasan**. Their goal is to give users full control over identity and data in an open, permissionless social network. The team has about 14 members across three groups: * **Protocol team** (infrastructure like Snapchain), * **Crypto team** (transaction UX, Frames v2), * **Social team** (app performance, user engagement). Key contributors include: * **Linda Xie** (Scalar Capital), leading developer ecosystem efforts, * **Balaji Srinivasan** (ex-Coinbase CTO), early investor and supporter, * **Jason Goldberg** (Airstack) and **Rishav Mukherji** (Neynar), who build essential tools for the ecosystem. Farcaster has raised **\$180 million** from top investors like **a16z**, **Paradigm**, and **USV**. Its flagship app, **Warpcast**, now has over **350,000 paying users**. The project is quickly becoming a core layer for decentralized social networking.

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