The most transformative consumer revolutions rarely begin with industry leaders. They erupt when people reject entrenched systems and get a taste of something better. 

What comes next is always shaped by how people want to engage, not how companies wish they would. A look into what's next 👇

The most transformative consumer revolutions rarely begin with industry leaders. They erupt when people reject entrenched systems and get a taste of something better. 

What comes next is always shaped by how people want to engage, not how companies wish they would. A look into what's next 👇 

https://darkstarcrashes.xyz/media-2025-ai-agency-and-the-erosion-of-the-link-economy

phish

Hey Farcaster—today’s a milestone: we’re launching $DAU.

I want to share why @dau exists, how it mobilizes users, and where we’re headed next.

1. Why DAU?

Crypto needs a simple way to mobilize real users around tasks that move their ecosystems forward. DAU lets any mini app convert an onchain action—mint, swap, vote, you name it—into a task with a clear reward. The result is that effort flows to the places that create the most value for the DAU ecosystem.

2. How it works

Today, DAU works with mini apps to publish tasks on their behalf. Starting next week, we'll be starting to onboard the first wave of mini apps to create tasks for DAU users.

DAU is going to be experimenting with user claim fees and mini app fees and redirect it to token holders in some manner. A lot of this will be trial and error to make sure we get the right sustainable formula.

3. Flyhweel

We’re using $DAU to keep everyone rowing in the same direction:

- Dev grants: Seed $DAU to builders who create high‑value tasks.
- User rewards: Distribute $DAU to new and valuable users who complete them.
- Revenue share: Developers and users generate fees for providing value to the DAU ecosystem.

If it works, the token becomes the growth engine:

more tasks → more users → higher earnings for $DAU holders → more tasks → repeat.

4. What’s next

We’re already building a family of synergistic mini‑apps that plug directly into DAU—each one unlocking new task types and fresh revenue streams for $DAU. Expect updates in the coming week (my team will tackle me if I say more right now).

Stoked to become DAUs with you all on Farcaster. Let’s build.

I Took a Photo!

there's something happening here 👀

Hume continuing to pioneer virtual artists, on chain music & charting the unknown. 

this time with Deadmau5 & crew.

when I wrote this in 2020, I was excited about the notion of Free Market creators -- letting your buyers, not employers, dictate your value/price.

though written post-ICO boom I didn't think it would happen as quickly at a founder/company level. But here we are (& it's awesome).

Music

gm. heavy. beautiful. for a Monday.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0WwZWrnbM6RRibPEA8DGBq?si=Xx4EcYt7Sl-HyHO5nq4SNw

Though I see, I don't stare,
Though I see, I don't stare.

'night

https://youtu.be/vRAwVBdMmZs?si=2ONEQ6Dz8hcGLk33

It's time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse.

Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course.

stocks move on fundamentals. crypto moves on liquidity.

Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.

Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGdjdxxOuU&list=RDlfGdjdxxOuU&start_radio=1

*written in 2023, even more relevant today*

For crypto to cross this chasm, the blockchain will need to become a similarly understood notion like "the web" or "online". the blockchain is the only place where you can buy, sell and collect information objects.

& that's enough 👇

*written in 2023, even more relevant today*

For crypto to cross this chasm, the blockchain will need to become a similarly understood notion like "the web" or "online". the blockchain is the only place where you can buy, sell and collect information objects.

& that's enough 👇

https://darkstarcrashes.xyz/making-the-blockchain-the-next-place-you-need-to-be

niche = consumer ideology
scale = consumer self interest

gm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neN5HU6YH90&list=RDneN5HU6YH90&start_radio=1

interesting to look at the social properties of accelerating tech categories like crypto & AI, one being that we achieve efficiency  through trusting the code, not the counterparties (a feature).

& crypto has matured to where code is open, accessible & trusted. whereas AI is not (yet).

JD

@darkstar