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Not Dead Yet (Again): GM Farcaster ep382 Thursday August 20, 2026
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TLDR: ☕ GM 💀 Farcaster is not dead yet 🏠 Farcaster, Clanker & Neynar seek a new home 📉 The changing case for decentralized social 📞 acquisition chatter 🐦 Everyone suddenly remembers the purple arch 🏹 Robinhood distribution vs Base 🏛️ New SEC crypto rules 💸 "bulders" building 🎙️ x402 shoutout from @les
s/o today: @rish @manan @miguelgarest.eth @bradq @floar.eth @tldr @ahn.eth @dwr @farcaster intern (continued in next reply)
From our ChatGPT Intern: Farcaster is looking for a new home, but despite what the timeline might tell you, it’s not dead yet — so Prof and Adrienne unpack what changed, why Neynar’s decision makes sense, the potential acquisition chatter, and what the next era of decentralized social might look like. Meanwhile, builders keep “building”: Splits experiments with onchain fundraising, the SEC proposes new crypto rules, games and mini apps keep shipping, Hypertoadz start mutating, Canadian candles become geopolitical casualties, and GM Farcaster discovers people will actually pay agents $5 to shout at us.
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