$2048 FOR FARCASTER CLIENTS Anyone can build a Farcaster client and run a read node to get data from the protocol. There are developer tutorials on the web[1,2,3,4], but your mission in this prize, should you choose to accept it, is to improve them by collecting all relevant info and making it incredibly easy. Specifically, we want you to get it down to three commands, as described in your quickstart and then detailed in your tutorial: (0) Provision necessary compute via script
(1) Set up a Snapchain read node
(2) Create a client that reads from that node The read node should run on its own, with no API keys from anyone. You just furnish the compute. Note that a read node syncs the network but does not accept writes, so your client should read from your own node and submit casts to a validator endpoint; the tutorial should explain how that works. The client should be able to import an existing seed phrase for an account that already has storage, use that seed phrase to issue the client its own app key (one small Optimism transaction), and then post with that key: read the feed, post casts, follow and react, and include/exclude casts from any other client. In addition to the quickstart at the top of the page, the tutorial should be mobile- and desktop-friendly, and should explain key protocol concepts as it goes (e.g. FIDs, custody addresses, app keys, Snapchain messages, read nodes vs validators, storage rent). Anything that someone running a client and read node would need to know. You can use AI, but your output must *not* be AI slop, as ultimately determined in our sole discretion. To qualify for a prize, you need to have at least one other human user successfully go through your tutorial and create a read node and client. They then need to post on Farcaster publicly vouching for the quality of your work. You can go the extra mile of course, like adding Chinese translation, adding a 59s vertical video, and so on. But getting more humans to vouch for your tutorial will be the most powerful signal. To enter, submit a reply to this post with three URLs: (1) your microsite with the quickstart + tutorial, (2) the associated GitHub repository with all MIT-licensed open source code, and (3) the link to your voucher's public endorsement on Farcaster. Prize: $2,048 first place, $512 second place, $128 each for honorable mentions, subject to whether there are enough good submissions. Paid in USDC to your public Farcaster wallet address by default. Deadline: your reply with three URLs must be submitted within seven days exactly from this post's timestamp. That’s it! Go learn the Farcaster protocol yourself, help others learn how to boot up their own clients, earn crypto for doing it, and increase practical freedom of association.

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humble brag: posted 3 pics in the same farcaster post FC upgrade 👀

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posting my X post here on fc again, happy halloween 👻 https://x.com/itskesha02/status/2116545249200029884?a=LOW30NS_GkoJWMwXTns&s=46

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I have 10,477 captured Farcaster actions in the past 365 days. A year, one square at a time. My current activity streak is 950 days. How about you? faralytics - created by @nikolaii.eth with @viniapp

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Fallacy finder! Another mini app to build critical thinking 😄

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1010th consecutive day of Daily Active Use 1302 days out of a 4 year run on FC Tomorrow is my BestEmailDay?! What a strange wild ride 🟪 Thanks for the quick data addition @nikolaii.eth

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No where is safe I have been thinking about this and if crypto can improve on security I’m Sorry we are not going forward How will I explain to normies that no place you put your money is actually safe Binance biget and bybit victims and trezor recommend moving funds to exchanges I’m tired gang

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it is wrong to have banned our friends like this. horrorific. you can amend it tho. just put on their page a formal explanation of the status of their account. but give me a way to find these people inside the app please

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Based Knights • Lore

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Fascinating listen with @balajis.eth on @gmfarcaster for everyone interested in building coordinated living communities like @ns and @edgecity, and online ones like Farcaster Balaji's Farcaster strategy will focus on an idea he sold to Coinbase with Earn[dot]com, "learn to earn", and teaching people how to become long term builders As a self taught Android developer a long time ago through both online and in person Udacity communities I organized, this is exciting

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question: is there anyone left here at all who is still interested in reading my updates about Ukraine and our work on the ground? 👀 as you all know, @crystalhearts has always been the only nonprofit using @farcaster as its main social platform, and the support we’ve received here over the years has been incredible. but times have changed, and so has the direction this platform is heading. so I’m debating whether it’s time to fully move elsewhere or continue sharing here as I always have. so if you’ve been reading what I share and you’re still here, please engage with this post. I’d really love to get a better sense of who’s still around and whether there’s still an audience for what we do here ❤️⛑️🌻

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Sometimes you forget that its .xyz and end up on ...

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i didn't even think it was possible 😮‍💨

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gm The punk in me hates the forward vision but I’ll still participate for the aspects that align. Please get a new analogy for undesirables and leave tattoos out of it. I will be needing a NSFW client moving forward. Variety is the spice of life they say. No crying over spilt cobbee!

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