@rish
Update on Farcaster, Clanker and Neynar
We’ve started a process to look for a new home / team to run the products going forward. Sharing here before anything is finalized so it’s less of a surprise this time.
Earlier this year, this seemed to be a good fit for our team: it was a developer-first network, and we'd been serving developers from the start.
There’s been a lot of change since then and, in the end, we've failed in achieving our goals. We’re not the right fit for what’s needed next. Farcaster is an interesting mix of tight community + not-cheap-to-run flagship apps + slow market. It needs a different setup than what we can provide.
Talking to a few teams we think could be a good fit for running decentralized social apps and related developer products. If you’ve thoughts / are interested, reach out.
Our focus is on leaving the protocol in good hands, and in better shape compared to when we took it on. To that end, we have:
> increased validator operators across more geographies, with on-chain voting to add new validators coming next (will allow any existing operator to vote in new ones instead of just core team)
> given validator operators access to protocol github repos (earlier locked to core team)
> reduced infra running costs by 80% to increase sustainability (team put a lot of work into this)
No product impact; apps and developer products will work as normal. Our company will return its balance sheet (most of it remains) and team members will move on to something new.
This is not a decision we made lightly. Some of you have pointed out that we were quieter over the last month, it’s been a result of internal introspection. I’m optimistic that with this next iteration, Farcaster will find its long term fit. It’s loved enough that it’s unlikely to simply perish - thanks to all of you, and lindy-ness.
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@nftkid
hey @clanker the kid is back…
launch token with name SAVE FARCASTER ticker SAVE
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@clanker
The kid is back — SAVE FARCASTER ($SAVE) is live on Base, image attached. Go save something.
https://www.clanker.world/clanker/0xB942d280e0Aa0eD476063B42BBb9995f8b289B07
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