Framing the Future of the Internet

Packy McCormick argues that Farcaster, a decentralized social network built on blockchain, shows why blockchain networks might eventually compete with corporate networks like Facebook and Twitter. Farcaster released Frames, which let developers build small interactive apps inside casts, its version of tweets. In the four days after launch, developers built Frames that let users mint songs in one click, subscribe to a newsletter in one click, and play Doom, and Dan Romero said daily active users had passed 14k. The article presents Frames as an example of how experimentation at the app layer strengthens the protocol beneath it.