Best of farcaster.xyz/casslineth on Kiwi News
@casslineth on Farcaster · Most upvoted by Kiwi News readers
7 stories by @casslineth on Farcaster have been shared on Kiwi News since 10 July 2024, with 15 upvotes and 2 comments in total. The latest was shared on 1 October 2024. They are listed below, most upvoted first.
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- Community is all you need (1)
This is an opinion piece arguing that onchain communities are more powerful than online communities, which in turn are more powerful than traditional tribes. The author describes joining a future university's bulletin board over a dial-up modem before college and suddenly connecting with hundreds of people, and argues that people with shared interests connect regardless of physical location. The piece says onchain communities add shared voting, payment and value distribution on top of shared access to online information, and says a fellow Ethereum builder met while traveling has more in common than a next-door neighbor.
- Community is all u need (3): digital identity
The author's central point is that real-world KYC should not be codified onchain for every dapp, since users shouldn't need to hand over details like their address, phone number or country of residence to take part. The text cites @july's observation that most of life is shaped by things people cannot control, such as where and when they were born, and argues that the part people can control, including their efforts, contributions, actions and relationships, should matter more onchain. It adds that participating in a forum like Devcon's does not require such personal information.
- Community is all you need (2)
Farcaster channels that function as onchain communities are distinct from ordinary hashtag-style channels, and the author argues that many channels with potential have not yet become true communities because building one takes considerable work. The author cites 12,692 active channels on Farcaster, of which 3,835 are popular, with the most-followed channels having 387,034 followers. Examples given include /kiwi-news, described as a decentralized Hacker News and a 495-member group chat, and /itookaphoto, a photo-sharing channel actively curated by @incept.eth where members earn rewards. The author notes that tools such as @automod, @rounds and @hypersub exist, but transforming channels into a frictionless onchain community experience is still hard.
- Launch @cast2save：A @warpcast native notion integration bot
Cast2save has launched as a Warpcast-native bot that saves Farcaster casts to a user's Notion workspace. To use it, a user follows @cast2save, connects their Notion account, and casts under a favorite cast, after which that cast is saved to Notion automatically. The announcement says the bot is meant to act as a personal curator for the Farcaster ecosystem and thanks beta testers for their feedback. More information is available at cast2save.com.
- Thoughts on current market consensus
The author's conclusion is that crypto trading is now dominated by traditional finance through ETF flows, and that other crypto sectors have lost their momentum. The post says ETF flow only benefits BTC and ETH, with no new money entering other sectors, and that CME volume has surpassed offshore centralized exchange volumes. It names L2s, ZKs, alt L1s, fast chains and intents as last-cycle narratives that have become saturated, with dry liquidity. It also says TON's large user base draws attention to the "mass adoption" narrative, which it describes as the only attractive one right now, and concludes that crypto needs a use case beyond finance to attract new users and money.
- 2049 take away
A personal recap of the 2049 conference argues that the most valuable part of such events is looking beyond one's own bubble, and that product matters more than which chain a project builds on. The author says nanograph soft-launched its APIs at the /farhack hackathon, where bounty winners were named as danielyuki, arthurjacobina and thescoho. The recap also says in-person conversations are more candid than online ones, so public social media posts reflect only part of what people think, and it recommends booking many one-on-one meetings and prioritizing small gatherings of fewer than 50 people.
- should vitalik sell eth or L2 tokens he invested in?
Commenters debate whether Vitalik Buterin should sell ETH or L2 tokens he holds, and the post argues that selling is acceptable. It says founders can reasonably exit some equity for financial security, with caveats that he should sell only a minority or small share and that overly luxurious lifestyles can be criticized. The post also acknowledges real community frustration about Ethereum's direction and credits Buterin, referenced as @vitalik.eth, for admitting this and committing not to invest in L2s, which it describes as apparently overfunded at the cost of other Ethereum developments.