# How to Think About Frames

Source: https://medium.com/@decktonic/how-to-think-about-frames-07853d93a549
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/How-to-Think-About-Frames?index=0x65b76a24c5c42bf8ea21b0e3a3283d877897e08fd6ac138333c016049651bae400cc608a
Submitted by misha on 2024-01-29 UTC, 6 upvotes, 3 comments

## Summary

Frames are interactive embeds for the Farcaster protocol: images with buttons underneath, rather than embedded webpages, and the buttons send signed requests that let servers identify users. The author notes that Frames launched two days before the article's publication, contributed to Warpcast reaching over 10k daily active users in one day, and do not rely on blockchains or wallets. The article gives examples including a Polls Frame, a Paragraph newsletter subscription Frame, and a Nethria text adventure Frame. It also describes possible uses such as OpenSea users favoriting NFTs without leaving the feed, and sponsored NFT mints where the developer's wallet pays for the transaction.

## Comments

**ruycer.eth**: I did not get why people was so excited about Frames until I read this bit:
“The signed payload includes which button was pressed and a cryptographic hash that can be used to reliably identify the user that submitted it. That last part is important, because it means you can filter out bots from interacting with your Frame (or hitting the endpoint directly).”
This is, no need for CAPTCHA. You know that the user is a human because it is cryptographically signed transaction.

**macbudkowski.eth**: That's a good point - if it takes $7 to set up a new Farcaster account, then Sybil attack is expensive.

**tim**: Actually making a Warpcast account in the US is now for free since recently